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Consider the following statements: 1. In the International Court of Justice, any two or more of the 15…

Article 3(1) of the ICJ Statute bars any two members from being nationals of the same State, so statement 1 is wrong, while under Article 3(2) a dual national is deemed a…

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Consider the following statements:
1. In the International Court of Justice, any two or more of the 15 members can be national from the same State
2. A person who for the purposes of membership in the International Court of Justice could be regarded as a national of more than one State shall be deemed to be a national of the one in which he ordinarily exercises civil and political rights
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

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Correct answer B

Article 3(1) of the ICJ Statute bars any two members from being nationals of the same State, so statement 1 is wrong, while under Article 3(2) a dual national is deemed a national of the State where he ordinarily exercises civil and political rights, so the answer is "2 only".

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