..., the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was designated as the institution to play an important legal role in the resolution of border con- flicts among UN member states, and legal doctrines were established as pre- requisites in determining the relative merits of claims and their final dis- position. Since...

.... Among examples is the boundary in dispute between Burkina Faso (Upper Volta until July 1984) and Mali, settled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1986. Both Upper Volta and Mali belonged to French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française, AOF), which consisted of eight colo- nies...

... in favor of the convention. Some Greeks fear that Greece would be in danger of losing its case should it take the dispute to The Hague. Turkey, for its own reasons, does not want the Greek-Turkish dispute to reach the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Turkey will worry if Greece insists...

... Turkey at the International Court of Justice (ICJ); the other was filing an interstate application against 24  Mediterranean Quarterly: Fall 2008 Turkey in the European Commission of Human Rights under the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights. In 1956 and 1957, Greece had filed two...

...-­Karabakh Republic de jure and to invest all its capabilities into ensuring the security of the people living there. . . . Nagorno-­Karabakh has no future within Azerbaijan,” he said.13 On 22 July 2010 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague affirmed Kosovo’s unilateral declaration...

... and has insisted on the submission of the continental shelf issue to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). By contrast, while hesitating on ICJ submission, not recognizing the ICJ, and insisting on bilateral negotiations, Ankara has called casus belli Greece’s potential extension of its...

... that the num- ber of recognitions is going to increase much and with any speed. Indeed, in October 2008 Belgrade went to the UN for permission to submit the dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Officials in the Boris Tadic government privately estimated their chances at no better than...

... Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, arguing that without Security Council authorization, NATO’s acts are illegal.20 In its initial oral reply, the United States made jurisdictional arguments and did not contest Yugoslavia’s argument. Instead, the necessity...

... only to include the International Court of Justice (ICJ) factor, and even on that he did not insist. Apparently, the severe crisis had been somewhat con- ducive to a sober reassessment of existing policies, and the prime minister was courageous enough...

.... A few months later, Serbia requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on whether the declaration of independence was con- trary to international law. In July 2010, with ten judges in favor and four against, the ICJ declared that no principle of general international law had been...

... than before, including “incitement” and “attempts to commit genocide” as war crimes. Indeed, the UN Security Council used the term genocide for the first time in its history in reference to an earlier order by the Interna- tional Court of Justice (ICJ).35 As the process of the ICTY evolved...

... Court of Justice (ICJ), that “cleared Serbia of direct involvement in genocide during the Bosnian war,”17 and by implica- tion cleared Milosevic — who was originally indicted for genocide — as well as who knows how many others, including Karadzic who, at the back of his mind, has recurring doubts...

... the 2009 ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the status of Ukraine’s Snake Island and the maritime borders between Romania and Ukraine.41 The Hague ruled that ninety-seven hundred square meters out of a disputed twelve-­thousand-­square-­meter maritime economic area should...