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2 unusual facts about International court


International court

Three such courts are presently located at The Hague in the Netherlands: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Early examples of international courts include the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals established in the aftermath of World War II.



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Bernardo Sepúlveda

Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor (b. 1941), Mexican diplomat, foreign secretary, judge of the International Court of Justice

Garry Downes

He has served international and national organisations in various capacities, including as President of the Union Internationale des Avocats, Founder and Patron of the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers' Society, Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia, Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Council of the NSW Bar Association and Chairman of the NSW Council of Law Reporting.

Indonesia–Malaysia border

Indonesia claimed that it was ready to begin negotiations to determine the border but said that the Malaysians, which relies on its 1979 territorial waters and continental shelf limit map as the basis for its claim in the area, were not ready as they wanted to settle its maritime border with Singapore adjacent to the area first following the International Court of Justice's award of the sovereignty of Pedra Branca to Singapore.

The southern termninus of the continental shelf boundary lies to the east of Pedra Branca which was disputed between Malaysia and Singapore and eventually awarded to Singapore by an International Court of Justice ruling.

Indonesia–Singapore border

Another portion will be located further east between Pedra Branca, which the International Court of Justice awarded to Singapore in 2008 in a dispute with Malaysia, and Indonesia's Bintan island.

Jose Guerrero

José Gustavo Guerrero (1876–1958), Salvadoran jurist, first president of the International Court of Justice

Mahmoud Kashani

He was appointed as head of the Iranian delegation to the International Court of Justice in Iran's case with the United States in December 1981 by then-Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai but was removed from his position by Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Owada

Hisashi Owada (born 1932), former Japanese diplomat, judge on the International Court of Justice

PCIJ

Permanent Court of International Justice, the international court of the League of Nations

Peace Palace Library

Its principal objective is to service the institutions that reside in the Peace Palace, including the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the Hague Academy of International Law.

Raghunandan Swarup Pathak

Within three months of his retirement Pathak became a member of the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

Rosalyn Higgins

She was succeeded as President by Judge Hisashi Owada, and Sir Christopher Greenwood was elected in her place as Judge in the International Court of Justice.