Third Parties Participate In Empirical Research On International Litigation

Intervention is an incidental proceeding as a judicial procedure in the International Court of Justice(ICJ), which is exhibited in Article 62 and 63 of The Statute of the Court. Intervention has been set up for a long time, but remained undercover until late 1970's. Up till now, the judicial practice of intervention has been rare, and the cases of countries intervening as third party remains around ten attempts. As the final judges work on state parties, the benefits of the other countries are always involved. Under the absence of the other countries, the judgments of the Court may bring ignorance or even damages to their benefits. Meanwhile, intervention has shown a way for these countries to protect their legal rights. On November 20 th, 2012, New Zealand intervened in the case of Whaling in the Antarctic(Australia v. Japan) as the third party, which becomes a successful model of intervention during recent years.This article will take intervening of New Zealand as a breakthrough point, and take a deep analysis of intervention by analyzing the early cases of the Court concerning intervention and the standard, value and effect of intervention, as well as the influence and significance of international judicial practice to our country in the future.