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The International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in two types of cases: contentious cases between states in which the court produces binding rulings between states that agree, or have previously agreed, to submit to the ruling of the court; and advisory opinions, which provide reasoned, but non-binding, rulings on properly submitted questions of international law, usually at the request of ...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ; French: Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.
An international court is an international organization, or a body of an international organization, that hears cases in which one party may be a state or international organization (or body thereof), and which is composed of independent judges who follow predetermined rules of procedure to issue binding decisions on the basis of international law.
Some treaties that confer jurisdiction on the ICJ include : American treaty on pacific settlement, Bogotá, 30 April 1948; Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, Paris, 9 December 1948; Revised act for the pacific settlement of international disputes, Lake Success, 28 April 1949
International courts are formed by treaties between nations, or under the authority of an international organization such as the United Nations—this includes ad hoc tribunals and permanent institutions, but excludes any courts arising purely under national authority.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the International Court of Justice (36 P) Pages in category "International Court of Justice" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; International Criminal Court; International Military Tribunal (Defunct) International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Defunct) International Prize Court (Never established) Permanent Court of International Justice (Defunct. Replaced by the ...