The Registry is responsible for the Court’s publications (Rules of Court, Art. 26, para. 1 (i), and Art. 71, para. 6; Instructions for the Registry, Arts. 21, 50, 52‑54 and 76), which continue the old Permanent Court of International Justice series under different names.

The Publishing Division has responsibility for the Court’s regular publications. It also occasionally produces one-off commemorative publications, such as the book published in 2022 to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice.

Upon publication of the printed work, the following series are also published in digital format on the Court’s website, under the headings "Publications": Acts and Documents concerning the Organization of the Court; Bibliography; Annuaire-Yearbook.

The digital fascicles of the Court’s decisions are available on the Court’s website under the heading "Cases".

For details of all the titles published by the International Court of Justice from its establishment in 1946 until 31 July 2025, please consult its Catalogue. The New Publications catalogue presents the publications released between 1 August 2024 and 31 July 2025. The Court’s printed and digital publications are sold by the United Nations Publications (please contact [email protected] for general enquiries) on the following websites: Shop.un.org (printed publications) and UN-iLibrary (digital publications) Orders from Europe, Africa, the Middle East or China should be addressed either to [email protected] (for individual orders and enquiries) or to [email protected] (for trade orders and enquiries). Orders from the Americas, Asia or the Pacific should be addressed to [email protected].

A number of distributors around the world also sell the Court’s publications (see the list in the Court’s Catalogue).