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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (UNILATERAL SUBMISSION (1947 Corfu Channel…
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
JOINT SUBMISSION
Burkina Faso/ Mali 1983
1983: Disagreement over commission led to governments seeking binding adjudication before the ICJ
22 Dec 1986: ICJ produced map with precise frontier lines of which both countries honoured and accepted
Pedra Branca/ Middle Rocks 1989
Ms and Sg agreed to prepare to submit dispute to ICJ in 2003
Respected ICJ decision of giving Pedra Branca to Sg, Middle Rocks to Ms
NON-POLITICALLY CONTENTIOUS
Burkina Faso/ Mali
Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks
UNILATERAL SUBMISSION
1947 Corfu Channel Conflict
UK brought case against Albania to ICJ after failing to get SC action against Communist Albania
Albania refused to accept judgement despite undertaking under A94
Britain held back 1574 kg of gold from US-UK-France tripartite commission 1948; returned in 1996 after Albania paid US$2m
1972 Fisheries jurisdiction
Iceland rejected ICJ jurisdiction
1972: Britain brought case against Iceland aft Iceland unilaterally increased its new fishery zone from 12 nm to 50 nm
NATO brokered meetings between PMs which limited max allowable cod catch for UK to 50k tons + 24 trawlers allowed inside 200 nm limit + 4 conservation areas closed to British fishing + Icelandic patrol vessels to halt and inspect British trawlers violating agreement
1984 US/ Nicaragua
Apr 1984: Nicaragua brought case to ICJ against US military and paramilitary actions in and against Nicaragua in support of Contras
US veto blocked action enforcing compliance
1979 US/ Iran
24 Nov 1979: US brought case to ICJ aft Iran ignored all resolutions to release US hostages
Iran ignored ICJ jurisdiction
Resorted to bilateral negotiations and military rescue attempts
1954 Aircraft
USA brought claims against USSR and Hungary aft an aircraft is shot down off Japan, forcing it to land in Hungary
USSR and Hungary refused to accept ICJ jurisdiction
POLITICALLY CONTENTIOUS
US/ Nicaragua
Yugoslavia/ NATO
Kosovo
Kashmir
India and Pakistan
Spratly Islands
PRC, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Phillippines, Malaysia