The Role of the International Court of Justice as the Principal Judicial Organ of the United Nations. By Mohamed Sameh M. Amr. The Hague, New York: Kluwer Law International, 2003. Pp. xxiii, 447. Index, $173.

2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 517-523
Author(s):  
Pieter H. F. Bekker
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The United Nations

Part 4 Adjudication Within the United Nations System, 29 The International Court of Justice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Higgins Dame Rosalyn, DBE, QC ◽  
Webb Philippa ◽  
Akande Dapo ◽  
Sivakumaran Sandesh ◽  
Sloan James
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Icj ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Rules Committee ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Nations System

This chapter begins by discussing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a principal organ of the UN. The ICJ is the only UN principal organ that has its seat in The Hague. It consists of a Bench, a Registry, and a modest but important staff. All judges, who have to be able to work in French or English, are expected to sit on one of the Court’s two major committees, the Rules Committee, and the Budgetary and Administrative Committee. The chapter covers the Bench of the ICJ, the Court’s functions, the ICJ as distinct from other principal organs; ICJ financing and the UN; the ICJ and other courts and tribunals; methods of work of the ICJ; and ICJ efficiency.

The International Court of Justice after Fifty Years

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Y. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Vice President ◽  
International Justice ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
First Time

The International Court of Justice was brought into being by the Charter of the United Nations (Articles 7(1), 36(3), and 92-96), and by the Statute of the Court which was made an integral part of the Charter; both of which instruments were signed at San Francisco on June 26, 1945. The most important difference between the Statute of the new Court and that of its predecessor, the Permanent Court of International Justice, on which the new Statute was based, was that the new Court was to be one of the “principal organs” of the United Nations. The Charter and the new Statute entered into force on October 24, 1945. After the election of the Court’s first members the new Court met for the first time in the Peace Palace at The Hague on April 1, 1946, under the presidency of Judge Guerrero, with Judge Basdevant as Vice-President.

Book V International Disputes and Courts, 25 The International Court of Justice

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilmshurst Elizabeth
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Charter ◽  
The Impact

This chapter showcases the International Court of Justice. Located in the Peace Palace at The Hague, the Court was established by the United Nations Charter as a forum for settling international disputes. It is now one of a number of international courts, but it remains the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Most of the detailed provisions relating to its functions and powers are to be found in the Statute of the Court which is annexed to the UN Charter and forms an integral part of it. While few diplomats in the course of their careers are likely to appear before the Court as representatives of their governments, the use of the Court to settle disputes, and the impact of the Court’s decisions more generally, are significant features of the conduct of international affairs.

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