International Court of Justice
Some of the key events about International Court of Justice
- 1946Established as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations
- 1949Issued its first judgment in the Corfu Channel case
- 1962Resolved a territorial dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Temple of Preah Vihear
- 1966Ruled against Ethiopia and Liberia in their case challenging South Africa's apartheid policies in South West Africa (Namibia)
- 1969Settled a North Sea continental shelf dispute between Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands
- 1984Declined to rule on Nicaragua's complaint against the United States for supporting the Contras, citing lack of jurisdiction
- 1986Ruled against the United States for supporting military activities against Nicaragua
- 1996Issued an advisory opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
- 1996Issued an advisory opinion that the use of nuclear weapons could be lawful in extreme circumstances of self-defense
- 2002Resolved a land and maritime boundary dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria
- 2004Ruled that Israel's wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was illegal
- 2004Ruled that the Israeli West Bank barrier was illegal but did not order its removal
- 2007Failed to prevent genocide in Bosnia despite issuing provisional measures in 1993
- 2010Advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence was criticized as ambiguous and unhelpful
- 2012Settled a maritime dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia in the Caribbean Sea
- 2012Ruled in favor of Germany in a case against Italy regarding Nazi war crimes, upholding state immunity
- 2015Dismissed Croatia's genocide case against Serbia related to the 1991-1995 war
- 2018Ordered the United States to lift sanctions on humanitarian goods for Iran
- 2019Failed to order provisional measures to prevent alleged genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
- 2022Declined to order Russia to halt its military operations in Ukraine, only issuing limited provisional measures
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