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What does compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ mean?

As of November 2021, 73 States have accepted the ICJ’s compulsory jurisdiction, meaning that any international legal dispute involving those States may be submitted to the Court, provided that all the States party to the dispute before the ICJ have accepted its compulsory jurisdiction.

What is the weakness of the ICJ?

Consensual jurisdiction is the Court’s greatest weakness, since not all states have granted their consent. States can also withdraw their consent, and their reservations to Article 36(2) often render their consent meaningless.

What is state jurisdiction in international law?

It is the authority of the State over persons, property and events which are primarily within its territories. State Authority has the power to prescribe, enforce and adjudicate the Rules of Law.

What is the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice?

The International Court of Justice acts as a world court. The Court’s jurisdiction is twofold: it decides, in accordance with international law, disputes of a legal nature that are submitted to it by States (jurisdiction in contentious cases); and it gives advisory opinions on legal questions at the request of the organs…

How to declare the jurisdiction of the court as compulsory?

Declarations recognizing the jurisdiction of the Court as compulsory. The States parties to the Statute of the Court may “at any time declare that they recognize as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other State accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court” (Art. 36, para. 2, of the Statute).

Will ICJ compulsory jurisdiction 9 become acceptable?

The notion that greater acceptance of ICJ compulsory jurisdiction 9 has occurred or is forthcoming is, of course, hopelessly utopian, especially in light of the last 60 years of the Court’s experience.

Is the ICJ’s jurisdiction architecture flawed?

Scholars have long blamed this on the ICJ’s ‘flawed’ jurisdictional architecture, which is based entirely on consent. Anything less than a clear indication of consent by the defendant state in a given case is thought to run serious non-compliance risks.

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