| Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) | |
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| Court | International Court of Justice |
| Full case name | Nottebohm Case (second phase), Judgment of April 6, 1955 |
| Decided | April 6, 1955 |
| Citation | [1955] ICJ 1 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Green Hackworth, Abdel Badawi Pasha, Jules Basdevant, Milovan Zoričić, Helge Klæstad, John Read, Hsu Mo, Enrique Armand-Ugón, Fyodor Kozhevnikov, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Lucio Moreno Quintana, Roberto Cordova, Paul Guggenheim (ad hoc), and Carlos García Bauer (ad hoc) |
| Case opinions | |
| Dissent: Helge Klæstad Dissent: John Read Dissent: Paul Guggenheim | |
| Keywords | |
| diplomatic protection | |
Nottebohm case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) [1955] ICJ 1[1] is the proper name for the 1955 case adjudicated by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Liechtenstein sought a ruling to force Guatemala to recognize Friedrich Nottebohm as a Liechtenstein national.[2] The case has been cited in many definitions of nationality.