international

ICJ President Rosalyn Higgins

The top UN court is still short of vital law clerks 60 years after its founding

27 October 2006
Sixty years after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was established, the United Nations’ top tribunal still suffers from a shortage of law clerks to assist its 15 sitting judges, who today handle a growing docket of fact-intensive cases, threatening its ability to provide timely judgments, according to its president.
Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel addresses Council

Justice must not be sacrificed to end conflicts, Security Council told

22 June 2006
Justice should never be sacrificed by granting amnesty in ending conflicts, the United Nations Legal Counsel told the Security Council today, stating that ending impunity for perpetrators of crimes against humanity is one of the principal evolutions in the culture of the world community and international law over the past 15 years.

Genocide case against Serbia and Montenegro to be heard by UN court

27 February 2006
Thirteen years after it was first filed, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s case against Serbia and Montenegro for violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention will at last be heard publicly by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations for disputes between States, starting today.