The present column covers procedural developments at the International Court of Justice in the period spanning from 1 April 2012 to 31 January 2013. These include: the consideration by the Court of the critical date to ascertain the existence of a dispute, and of the locus standi of States to bring claims in the collective interest, in the Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite case; questions arising from the decision that a new claim was admissible but could not be upheld in the Territorial and Maritime Dispute case; and proof and quantification of material and moral damages in the Diallo/Compensation case.