International Court of Justice

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intergovernmental organization international court principal judicial organ of the United Nations

The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial body of the United Nations that settles legal disputes between states and gives advisory opinions on international legal questions.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
International Court of Justice canonical 102
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) 1
ICJ 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
international court ⓘ
principal judicial organ of the United Nations ⓘ
advisoryOpinionsRequestedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
other UN organs and specialized agencies authorized by the General Assembly ⓘ
alsoKnownAs International Court of Justice ⓘ
surface form: World Court
beganWork 1946-04-18 ⓘ
bindingNatureOfJudgments judgments are binding on parties to the case ⓘ
buildingOwner Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1945-10-24 ⓘ
canHearCasesFrom sovereign states only ⓘ
cannotHearCasesFrom individual persons ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ
private corporations ⓘ
compositionPrinciple representation of main forms of civilization and principal legal systems of the world ⓘ
dateFormed 1945-06-26 ⓘ
decisionLanguage English or French ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess decisions by majority vote of judges present ⓘ
electingBody United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
enforcementMechanism UN Security Council may be called upon to enforce judgments ⓘ
establishedBy Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
foundingContext post-World War II international order ⓘ
hasPresident President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
hasVicePresident Vice-President of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
headquartersLocation Netherlands ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
judgeReelectionAllowed true ⓘ
judgeTermLength 9 years ⓘ
jurisdictionType advisory jurisdiction ⓘ
contentious jurisdiction between states ⓘ
legalBasis Statute of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
legalSystem international law ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time ⓘ
membership all UN member states are ipso facto parties to the Statute ⓘ
numberOfJudges 15 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations ⓘ
partOf United Nations ⓘ
predecessorLocatedAt The Hague ⓘ
primaryFunction advisory opinions on legal questions referred by UN organs and specialized agencies ⓘ
settlement of legal disputes between states ⓘ
principalUNOrganStatus one of six principal organs of the United Nations ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
replaced Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
seatsAt Peace Palace ⓘ
shortName International Court of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ICJ
symbol emblem of the International Court of Justice ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations → hasMainOrgan → International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations → hasPrincipalJudicialOrgan → International Court of Justice ⓘ
International Court of Justice → shortName → International Court of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ICJ
International Court of Justice → alsoKnownAs → International Court of Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Court
Netherlands → hosts → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedInCase → International Court of Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicaragua v. United States of America (1986)
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedInCase → International Court of Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedInCase → International Court of Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda)
Charter of the United Nations → createdOrgan → International Court of Justice ⓘ
San Francisco Conference → establishedBody → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice → establishes → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Peace Palace → houses → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice → partOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice → appliesToJurisdiction → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice → officeHolderOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice → appointedFor → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) → hosts → International Court of Justice ⓘ
The Hague → contains → International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations system of international law → implementedByOrgan → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Permanent Court of International Justice → replacedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations documentation → documentsActivitiesOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
South Holland → hostsInstitution → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Article I → recognizedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
subject surface form: Article I of the 1948 Genocide Convention
Article IV → citedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IV (Genocide Convention)
Article II → usedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
subject surface form: Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
French → officialLanguageOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations system → hasPart → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Article IX → grantsJurisdictionTo → International Court of Justice ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IX (Genocide Convention)
President of the International Court of Justice → partOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
President of the International Court of Justice → appliesToJurisdiction → International Court of Justice ⓘ
President of the International Court of Justice → isChiefJudgeOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
President of the International Court of Justice → represents → International Court of Justice ⓘ
President of the International Court of Justice → representsInExternalRelations → International Court of Justice ⓘ
President of the International Court of Justice → isPrincipalOfficerOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Permanent Court of Arbitration → differenceFrom → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice → appliesTo → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice → adoptedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice → publisher → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Hague Academy of International Law → near → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice → partOf → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice → compositionDeterminedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice → reportsTo → International Court of Justice ⓘ
UN → hasPrincipalOrgan → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Randstad metropolitan region → hasMajorInstitution → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties → citedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa → court → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Court of Justice (indirectly, through advisory opinions and case law on the Charter)
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ
Article 48 of the United Nations Charter → interpretedBy → International Court of Justice ⓘ