The International Court of Justice: Jurisdictional Basis and Status.
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2016
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Faculty of Law, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo.
Abstract
The emergence of independent and sovereign States in the world
necessitated the need to ensure peaceful co-existence among these
independent States as none of these States is willing to submit to
the will of the other. Accordingly, since there were no commonly
accepted standards of conduct among these States, there are
tendencies of collisions, and the use of force or war to press home
their demands is very possible. Bearing this in mind, the United
Nations at its inception in 1945 established the International Court
of Justice (ICJ) as a successor to the Permanent Court of
International Justice established by the League of Nations after the
conclusion of the First World War. The ICJ commonly referred to
as the ‘World Court’ is one of the principal organs and the
primary judicial branch of the United Nations saddled with the
responsibility of resolving legal disputes submitted to it by States
that have accepted its jurisdiction. This article will therefore
examine the status and jurisdiction of the ICJ and also examine the
key features and provisions of the Statute of the ICJ. The criticisms
against the ICJ will equally be examined and appropriate
recommendations will be made.
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Ajayi Crowther University Law Journal. 1(1): 273-300