instrument of withdrawal.5 In the circumstances, the Court holds that the withdrawal of the Declaration by the Respondent State will take effect on 8 March 2026. 14. In light of the above, the Court holds that its personal jurisdiction to examine the present matter is established. VI. ON THE REVOCATION OF THE ORDER FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES 15. The Court notes that Rule 90 of the Rules provides that “Nothing in these Rules shall limit or otherwise affect the inherent power of the Court to adopt such procedure or decisions as may be necessary to meet the ends of justice” 16. The Court also notes, in the instant matter, that the Respondent State, while filing its report on compliance with the order for provisional measures issued on 28 August 2023 in Application No. 004/2023, requested the Court to revoke the said Order. In support of its request, the Respondent State submitted documentation which suggested that its conduct was already in compliance with the orders issued by the Court in the Order whose revocation is being sought. 17. In connection with the Respondent State’s request, the Court considers that an Order for provisional measures, is by its nature unique and different from final judgments especially due to its transient nature. 18. The main reason given by the Respondent State, in support of the prayer for revocation, is that its conduct was already in compliance with the terms stipulated in the Court’s Order, by the time the same was issued. The Court considers the reason given insufficient for purposes of revocation of the Order for provisional measures especially given that, the Respondent State, based 5 Ibid. 5

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