Islamabad/Hague Oct 4: The public hearing of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court, will be heard by the International Court of Justice from February 18 to 21 next year.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), in a statement, said that it will hold public hearings in the case (India v.Pakistan) from February 18 to 21st at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court, a report in Pakistan Daily The News said.
While India will present its oral arguments on February 18, Pakistan will do so the next day.
In the second round, India will present arguments on February 20 and Pakistan on February 21.
Forty-eight-year-old Jadhav was arrested from Balochistan in March 2016 .He was convicted by a military court and sentenced to death.
In May 2017, the ICJ ordered Pakistan to stay the execution.
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in a unanimous and binding decision that Kulbhushan Sudhir Yadav must not be executed by Islamabad until they have had time to pass final judgement in the case.
Maintaining that Jadhav was not a spy, India has accused Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention by failing to provide him with consular access, as well as breaking international human rights law.
“Pakistan shall take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Mr Yadav is not executed pending the final decision in these proceedings,” said the court´s president Ronny Abraham.
He also ordered Pakistan to inform the tribunal that it has implemented the decision, and stressed that ICJ decisions are binding on all state members.
The ICJ was set up in 1945 to rule on disputes between nations in accordance with international law.
