CAS IR 573 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Member States Of The United Nations, United Nations General Assembly

• School: Boston University
• Department: International Relations
• Course: CAS IR 573
• Professor: Chehabi

Document Summary

Peaceful settlements of dispute by looking at icj. Icj is an integral part of the un. Members of the un are members of icj. Non-members can become members of icj before becoming un members like switzerland. Germany did this for the issue of continental shelf issue between netherland and denmark and. Effort to represent all systems of the world. Ga choses them by the list set by the permanent court of arbitration (not connected to un) If a state appears before the court and is not represented by the country"s judge, it can nominate a 16th judge. However, the judge doesn"t have to be of the same nationality. The general rule is that no two members of the court cannot be of the same nationality. A certain case law is building up in the icj. When the icj was founded, smaller countries wanted the jurisdiction of the icj to be binding.