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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

From Department of Foreign Affairs 

Published on 1 June 2021

Last updated on 18 November 2024

 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, also known as the World
Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It began work in
1946, when it replaced the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) which
had functioned since 1922. It operates under a Statute annexed to the UN Charter
and Statute of the ICJ, as published in the Irish Treaty Series.

The ICJ has a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the
legal disputes submitted to it by States, and to give advisory opinions on legal
questions referred to it by duly authorised international organs and agencies.

The peaceful settlement of disputes is one of the primary functions of the
United Nations as is evidenced by references to such settlement in the UN
Charter. All Member States of the United Nations are automatically Parties to
the Statute of the ICJ, which forms an integral part of the UN Charter. In
addition, States may make a declaration under article 36(2) of the ICJ Statute
accepting the jurisdiction of the Court as compulsory in settling legal disputes
with other States which have similarly made a declaration under article 36(2).
On 15 December 2011 Ireland declared that it recognised as compulsory ipso facto
and without special agreement, in relation to any other state accepting the same
obligation, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in all legal
disputes as specified in Article 36, paragraph 2, with the exception of any
legal dispute with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in
regard to Northern Ireland.

Although the Court's judgments are binding only on the parties to any particular
case, given the calibre of Court's judges and its status as the principal
judicial organ of the UN, decisions of the ICJ are themselves often cited as
evidence of international law. The Court has given important decisions and
opinions on such topics as the law of the sea, boundary disputes, the use of
force and the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. The text of the
Court's decisions may be accessed from its website.

Ireland's submission to the ICJ in the Advisory Case on the Legal Consequences
of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestine Territory

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Ireland's submission to the ICJ in the Advisory Case on the Accordance with
International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the
Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo

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