ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: United Nations Human Rights Council, Jan Mayen, Dayton Agreement
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International law does not oblige states to settle their disputes. Requires states to find peaceful solutions to disputes they try to resolve: art. 33 council may call upon the parties to settle their dispute by (listed) means: art. If ongoing dispute constitutes a threat to peace, under vii of the. Charter, sc may adopt binding decisions: un general assembly. Increasing role in peaceful settlement of disputes: often offers his good offices", art. Settlement of international disputes created the pca (permanent court of. 4. 2 access to the court in contentious cases: art. 34 icj statute only states can be parties to a contentious case before the court: art. 93(2) state may become a party to the icj statute without joining un: art. Introduction: granting court the universal compulsory jurisdiction proved unrealistic, jurisdiction conditioned on the consent of the parties to a dispute, parties have to consent the jurisdiction for the case to be dealt with by the icj.
