International Court of Justice case Nicaragua v. United States

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International Court of Justice case contentious case inter-state dispute

The International Court of Justice case Nicaragua v. United States was a landmark 1980s legal dispute in which Nicaragua successfully challenged U.S. support for Contra rebels and other interventions as violations of international law.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nicaragua v. United States	0
Nicaragua v. United States of America (ICJ, 1986)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Court of Justice case ⓘ contentious case ⓘ inter-state dispute ⓘ
allegation	breach of the principle of non-intervention ⓘ breach of the prohibition on the use of force ⓘ unlawful intervention by the United States in the internal affairs of Nicaragua ⓘ unlawful use of force by the United States against Nicaragua ⓘ violation of Nicaraguan sovereignty by the United States ⓘ violation of the 1956 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation ⓘ
applicantState	Republic of Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	U.S. military and paramilitary activities against Nicaragua ⓘ U.S. mining of Nicaraguan ports ⓘ U.S. support for Contra rebels in Nicaragua ⓘ
dateFiled	1984-04-09 ⓘ
decade	1980s ⓘ
finding	U.S. mining of Nicaraguan ports violated international law ⓘ U.S. support for the Contras amounted to a use of force ⓘ United States breached certain obligations under the 1956 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation ⓘ United States breached its obligations under customary international law ⓘ United States violated its obligation not to intervene in the affairs of another state ⓘ United States violated its obligation not to use force against another state ⓘ United States violated its obligation to respect the sovereignty of Nicaragua ⓘ United States was obliged to make reparation to Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
heardBy	International Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
importance	illustrative case on enforcement limits of ICJ judgments against powerful states ⓘ landmark case on the use of force in international law ⓘ leading authority on customary international law and the UN Charter ⓘ major precedent on the principle of non-intervention ⓘ
judgmentDate	1986-06-27 ⓘ
legalBasis	Statute of the International Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States and Nicaragua (1956) NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ customary international law on the use of force ⓘ
officialName	Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) NERFINISHED ⓘ
phase	jurisdiction and admissibility phase ⓘ merits phase ⓘ reparations phase ⓘ
proceduralHistory	International Court of Justice asserted jurisdiction despite U.S. objections NERFINISHED ⓘ United States contested the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ United States did not participate in the merits phase of the proceedings ⓘ United States withdrew its acceptance of the ICJ compulsory jurisdiction in 1985 ⓘ
relatedConflict	Contra war in Nicaragua ⓘ
relatedOrganization	United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
remedyOrdered	United States must cease and refrain from unlawful use of force against Nicaragua ⓘ United States must make reparation to Nicaragua for all injury caused ⓘ
respondentState	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Nicaragua v. U.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicaragua v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	customary international law ⓘ intervention in internal affairs ⓘ law of the United Nations Charter ⓘ military activities ⓘ paramilitary activities ⓘ state responsibility ⓘ use of force ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
yearFiled	1984 ⓘ
yearOfJudgment	1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter → invokedIn → International Court of Justice case Nicaragua v. United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicaragua v. United States of America (ICJ, 1986)

Nicaraguan Civil War → significantEvent → International Court of Justice case Nicaragua v. United States ⓘ