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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World court is the Principal Judicial organ of the United Nations.It was established in the month of June 1945 by the UN charter and began to work in April 1946.It is situated in the Hague Netherlands.
Chapter 14 of the UN charter embodies provisions relating to composition and functions of the ICJ.All the members of UN charter are parties to the Statue of ICJ.
*Composition of ICJ :
Composed of 15 judges, who are elected for a term of 9 years by the concurrent votes of the General assembly and security council.It adjudicates between States and its legal opinions are binding.
*Jurisdiction of ICJ :
1)Voluntary Jurisdiction
2) Compulsory Jurisdiction
3) Advisory Jurisdiction
Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute provides that the jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases which the parties refer to it. Such cases normally come before the Court by notification to the Registry of an agreement known as a special agreement, concluded by the parties specially for this purpose2. The subject of the dispute and the parties must be indicated (Statute, Art. 40, para. 1; Rules, Art. 39)
*How many cases has ICJ decided?
Forming a key part of international law, 177 cases have been entered onto the General List for consideration before the court. The jurisdiction of the ICJ is limited. Only states have standing to bring a compulsory claim against another state, and then only with the consent of the responding state.such is the importance of having ICJ.So far it is most successfully functioning to resolve disputes between the States peacefully.
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