Territorial Disputes

World Court Rejects Jurisdiction in 1999 Aerial Incident Case brought by Pakistan against India

On June 21, 2000, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled (14-2) that it lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute brought by Pakistan against India in September 1999. The Court, which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations entrusted with settling legal disputes between sovereign States, consists of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, together with two judges ad hoc appointed especially for the case by Pakistan and India. The ICJ has its seat at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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5
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Author: 
Pieter H.F. Bekker
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Armed Force in Iraq

            Relying on U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002) and on the sovereign authority of the United States to use force in assuring its own national security, President Bush has said that the United States and its allies will use armed force to disarm Iraq if Saddam Hussein and his sons do not leave Iraq within a 48-hour deadline.
 
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8
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5
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Frederic L. Kirgis
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General Assembly Adopts Resolution Declaring Crimea Referendum Invalid (March 27, 2014)

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Jannat Majeed

On March 27, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring that the Crimean referendum that

International Court of Justice Rules on Maritime Boundary Between Peru and Chile (January 27, 2014)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On January 27, 2014, the International Court of Justice rendered its Judgment in the case concerning the Maritime

PCA Arbitral Tribunal Concludes Hearing on the Merits in Bay of Bengal Maritime Arbitration (December 18, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

On December 18, 2013, the Arbitral Tribunal constituted in the matter of the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitratio

International Court of Justice Decides Against Provisional Measures in Disputes Between Nicaragua and Costa Rica (December 13, 2013)

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Steven Arrigg Koh

On December 13, 2013, the International Court of Justice ruled in Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the