Modernizing the role of the International Court of Justice / Bertrand Ramcharan.
This book discusses the future role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a world facing survival challenges. It discusses threats such as climate change, environmental degradation and pandemics, and argues that in the future the ICJ will need to carry out judicial, security and protection...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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The Hague, The Netherlands :
T.M.C. Asser Press, Springer,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2022 English/International |
| Summary: | This book discusses the future role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a world facing survival challenges. It discusses threats such as climate change, environmental degradation and pandemics, and argues that in the future the ICJ will need to carry out judicial, security and protection functions as it is the only organ of the United Nations (UN) that can discharge such functions in view of its independence and expertise. The author proposes that the ICJ can apply a hitherto unused jurisdictional provision in Article 36 of its statute that allows it to deal with "All Matters Specially Provided for in the UN Charter" and presents three examples of issues that would require the urgent attention of the ICJ: vaccine equity in a global pandemic, climate disaster, and mass movements of people across frontiers due to climate change and environmental degradation. Bertrand Ramcharan (Guyana) is a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln's Inn with a doctorate in international law from the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Diploma in International Law of the Hague Academy of International Law. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 195 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9462655189 9789462655188 9462655197 9789462655195 |