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[Vol. 25
July 1985]
[Vol. 25
July 1985]
[Vol. 25
July 19851
NATURAL
RESOURCES JOURNAL
[Vol. 25
July 1985]
Secretariat.
[Vol. 25
July 19851
anisms provided for by the UNEP regional conventions have not been
tested in practice.
In view of the small incidence of cases conducted before the ICJ or
before ad hoc tribunals involving non-appearing defendant governments,
it seems that judicial settlement of disputes is not well accepted by the
international community." One should not, however, underestimate the
dissuasive nature of a judicial settlement procedure with binding effects.
The fact that judicial or arbitration courts generally have little work, with
few cases reaching them, may prove that parties to instruments recognizing the jurisdiction of such courts will rather settle their natural resources disputes differences out of court.76