International Court of Justice
By: Ali Palh Email: alipalh@gmail.com
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Organization: RightsnowPakistan ( www.rightnowpak.org
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About ICJ
• Judicial Organ of United Nation
• Established in June 1945 by the Charter of UN
• Started working in April 1946
• Seat of Court: Peace Palace, Hague, Netherland
• It has fifteen judges elected by General Assembly and Security Assembly for 9 years

Formation Phases
• Hague conference and the Permanent Court of
Arbitration (PCA) -1899
• Permanent Court of Justice -1920
• International Court of Justice-1946
• First case submitted- 1947

Structure
• Hague conference and the Permanent Court of
Arbitration (PCA) -1899
• Permanent Court of Justice -1920
• International Court of Justice-1946
• First case submitted- 1947

ICJDUAL Jurisdiction
• Contentious cases between/among states:
Disputes of legal nature submitted by states
• Advisory jurisdiction
Five Organs and 16 Agencies
Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
-5 Chapters , 70 Articles

States gives consent in THREE WAYS
An Special
Agreement
A Clause in
Treaty (A compromisory
Clause)
A Unilateral
Declaration

Two Type of Cases
Contentious cases Advisory Opinion
E.g. Trial of Pakistani
Prisoners of War (Pakistan v.
India)
E.g. Aerial Incident of 1999
(Pakistan v. India)
Corfu Channel Case – UK and
People’s Republic of Albania