JURIST - International court of justice

On May 9, 2011, Australia brought a formal complaint against Japan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding its' whaling practices in Antarctica. Australia contended that Japan is in violation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling by failing to meet the obligatio....... [more]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Monday urged Nepal to reject blanket amnesty plans for international crimes committed during the country's civil war, which ended in 2006. A representative for ICJ said amnesty for human rights abuses, such as torture, rap....... [more]

On April 1, 2011, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled 10-6 that it lacked jurisdiction in a case to determine whether Russia committed human rights abuses following the South Ossetia conflict in the 1990s. The ICJ began hearings on the case after Russia challenged the court's juris....... [more]

A Madagascar court on Monday began the trial of a former International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge accused of planning an attempted coup in the country. Raymond Ranjeva, who served as an ICJ judge from 1991 to 2009, and his daughter, Riana Ratsisalovanina, appeared in court on charges of planning a....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Sriram of the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, School of Law says that the ICJ should order Senegal to extradite former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Belgium to face prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity...To....... [more]

Lawyers for the Belgian government on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Senegal to either prosecute former president of Chad Hissene Habre or extradite him to stand trial for atrocities committed during his eight years in power. Habre served as president of Chad from 198....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Reed Brody, Counsel and Spokesperson for Human Rights Watch, argues that to secure justice for Hissène Habré's victims, the International Court of Justice must force Senegal to adhere to its international obligations and extradite the former Chadian dictator...The In....... [more]

On February 18, 2008, the US and several major European Union (EU) countries recognized Kosovo, one day after the Assembly of Kosovo declared the country's independence from Serbia. Serbia immediately decried the secession as illegal and sought a ruling from the UN's International Court of Justice ....... [more]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday elected its new president and vice president, who will each serve a term of three years. Judge Peter Tomka of Slovakia will serve as president. Tomka, who has been vice president of the ICJ since 2009, has also worked for the Slovakian Ministry of....... [more]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ruled that Germany has immunity from claims brought in foreign courts by victims of the Nazi regime. The Court found that a 2008 decision by Italy's Supreme Court violated Germany's sovereign rights by allowing an Italian national to seek reparation....... [more]

On January 13, 2005, Israel's High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction halting preparations for the construction of a security fence in the West Bank. The injunction was issued after residents of the Palestinian village of Beit Sourik petitioned the court that the route of the fence did n....... [more]