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Global governance
the ICJ
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cases that can be heard by the ICJ are: At the request of states, these are known as contentious cases, where the courts decision is legally binding.
it can also be done at the request of UNGA or the Security Council, these are known as advisory opinions and are not binding
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73 states have signed up to it, meaning they recognise the authority of the ICJ and will cooperate with it
For example Britain adhered to the ICJ's ruling on the Chagos islands to return it to maritius in *2024
in 2024 the ICJ ruled that Israel should immediately end its occupation of Palestine, the court found multiple breeches in international law leading to apartheid, however the opinion is only advisory and therefore was ignored
ICC
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The ICC only tries a case where a national court system has not been willing or able to bring an individual to justice; the ICC is a court of last resort
origins
Developed after ww2 and the Nuremberg trials and the Tokyo trials, this is where a president was set for crimes against humanity
The right of humanitarian intervention to put a stop to Crimes Against Humanity – even by a sovereign against his own citizens gradually emerged from the Nuremberg principles affirmed by the United Nations.
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concept of human rights, following WW2 serious decisions of human rights, which should be universal and inalienable , this lead to the creation of:
UNDR ( the universal declaration of human rights ) in 1948, which was the basis for the creation of ECHR in 1950