The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.

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ICJ, Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion

ICJ/Israel, Separation Wall/Security Fence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

ICJ, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Uganda, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo

ICJ, Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium

ICRC, International Humanitarian Law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts in 2015 [paras 289, 299]

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Suggested readings:

BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES, Laurence & SANDS Philippe (eds), International Law, the International Court of Justice and Nuclear Weapons, Cambridge, CUP, 1999, 592 pp. CHETAIL Vincent, “The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to International Humanitarian Law”, inIRRC, No. 850, June 2003, pp. 235-268. McCARTHY Conor, “Reparation for Gross Violations of Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law at the International Court of Justice”, in Reparations for Victims of Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: Systems in Place and Systems in the Making, Leiden, M. Nijhoff, 2009, pp. 283-311. SCHWEBEL Stephen M., “The Roles of the Security Council and the International Court of Justice in the Application of International Humanitarian Law”, in JILP, 1995, pp. 731-759. “Special Issue: The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian Law”, in IRRC, No. 316, February 1997, p. 3 ff (articles of CONDORELLI Luigi, DAVID Éric, DOSWALDBECK Louise and GREENWOOD Christopher).

ICJ, Democratic Republic of the Congov. Belgium 

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ICJ, Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium

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HENZELIN Marc, “La compétence pénale universelle. Une question non résolue par l’arrêt Yerodia”, in RGDIP, No. 4, October-December 2002, pp. 819-854. SASSÒLI Marco, “L’arrêt Yerodia: quelques remarques sur une affaire au point de collision entre les deux couches du droit international”, in RGDIP, No. 4, October-December 2002, pp. 789-818.

ICJ, Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion 

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ICJ, Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion

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BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES, Laurence & SANDS Philippe (eds), International Law, the International Court of Justice and Nuclear Weapons, Cambridge, CUP, 1999, 592 pp. “Special Issue: The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons and International Humanitarian Law”, in IRRC, No. 316, February 1997, p. 3 ff (articles of CONDORELLI Luigi, DAVID Éric, DOSWALDBECK Louise and GREENWOOD Christopher).

ICJ, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall 

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WATSON Geoffrey R. (ed.), “Agora: ICJ Advisory Opinion on Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”, in AJIL, Vo. 99/1, January 2005, pp. 1-141.