International Court of Justice

Some of the key events about International Court of Justice

• 1946

  Established as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations
• 1949

  Issued its first judgment in the Corfu Channel case
• 1962

  Resolved a territorial dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Temple of Preah Vihear
• 1966

  Ruled against Ethiopia and Liberia in their case challenging South Africa's apartheid policies in South West Africa (Namibia)
• 1969

  Settled a North Sea continental shelf dispute between Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands
• 1984

  Declined to rule on Nicaragua's complaint against the United States for supporting the Contras, citing lack of jurisdiction
• 1986

  Ruled against the United States for supporting military activities against Nicaragua
• 1996

  Issued an advisory opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
• 1996

  Issued an advisory opinion that the use of nuclear weapons could be lawful in extreme circumstances of self-defense
• 2002

  Resolved a land and maritime boundary dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria
• 2004

  Ruled that Israel's wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was illegal
• 2004

  Ruled that the Israeli West Bank barrier was illegal but did not order its removal
• 2007

  Failed to prevent genocide in Bosnia despite issuing provisional measures in 1993
• 2010

  Advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence was criticized as ambiguous and unhelpful
• 2012

  Settled a maritime dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia in the Caribbean Sea
• 2012

  Ruled in favor of Germany in a case against Italy regarding Nazi war crimes, upholding state immunity
• 2015

  Dismissed Croatia's genocide case against Serbia related to the 1991-1995 war
• 2018

  Ordered the United States to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods for Iran
• 2019

  Failed to order provisional measures to prevent alleged genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
• 2022

  Declined to order Russia to halt its military operations in Ukraine, only issuing limited provisional measures

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