Nottebohm case

Nottebohm Case
(Liechtenstein v. Guatemala)
Nottebohm Case ; (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala)
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.

^ "Liechtenstein v Guatemala - Nottebohm - Judgment of 6 April 1955 - Second Phase - Judgments [1955] ICJ 1; ICJ Reports 1955, p 4; [1955] ICJ Rep 4 (6 April 1955)".
^ 1955 I.C.J. 4

[1] "Liechtenstein v Guatemala - Nottebohm - Judgment of 6 April 1955 - Second Phase - Judgments [1955] ICJ 1; ICJ Reports 1955, p 4; [1955] ICJ Rep 4 (6 April 1955)".

[CaseCite-2] 1955 I.C.J. 4

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