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22 - Human Rights

from Part III - The Impact of the ICJ’s Jurisprudence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2023

By
Carlos Espósito
Edited by
Carlos Espósito  and
Kate Parlett
Carlos Espósito
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Kate Parlett
Affiliation:
Twenty Essex, London
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Summary

The chapter deals with the ICJ and human rights. It argues that, while the Court is not and will never be a specialised human rights court, it has a significant role in the protection and development of human rights. The author explains some structural obstacles and impediments to the engagement of the Court with human rights, and then offers some instances of substantial incorporation of human rights into the fabric of general international law through interpretation and legal concepts encompassing international community interests. The chapter suggests that structural disengagement in the sense of norms allowing only States to litigate before the Court does not impede substantial incorporation which may depend on other factors, including the changing attitudes of the ICJ judges and lawyers before the Court.

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human rightsaccess to the Courtinterpretation of human rightshuman rights treatiesperemptory norms of international lawerga omnes obligations
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The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice , pp. 486 - 513
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Further Reading

Çali, B., Elibol, Z. and McGregor, L., ‘The International Court of Justice as an Integrator, Developer and Globaliser of International Human Rights Law’, in Sheinin, M. (ed.), Human Rights Norms in ‘Other’ International Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2019) 62.Google Scholar
Crawford, J. and Keene, A. (2020) Interpretation of the Human Rights Treaties by the International Court of Justice, 24 (7) The International Journal of Human Rights 935.Google Scholar
Simma, B., ‘Human Rights Before the International Court of Justice: Community Interest Coming to Life?’ in Tams, C. J. and J. Sloan, (eds.), The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice (Oxford University Press, 2013) 301.Google Scholar
Sivakumaran, S.,’The International Court of Justice and Human Rights’ in Joseph, S. and McBeth, A. (eds.) Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law (Elgar, 2010) 299.Google Scholar
Svarc Pipan, D.. ‘The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights’ in Follesdal, A. and Ulfstain, G. eds., The Judicialization of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2018) 209.Google Scholar
Wilde, R., ‘Human Rights beyond Borders at the World Court: The Significance of the International Court of Justice’s Jurisprudence on the Extraterritorial Application of International Human Rights Law Treaties’, 12(4) Chinese Journal of International Law (2013), 639.Google Scholar
Zyberi, G., The Humanitarian Face of the International Court of Justice (Intersentia, 2008).Google Scholar

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  • Human Rights
  • Edited by Carlos Espósito, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Kate Parlett, Twenty Essex, London
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice
  • Online publication: 18 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108766241.027
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  • Human Rights
  • Edited by Carlos Espósito, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Kate Parlett, Twenty Essex, London
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice
  • Online publication: 18 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108766241.027
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  • Human Rights
  • Edited by Carlos Espósito, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Kate Parlett, Twenty Essex, London
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice
  • Online publication: 18 May 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108766241.027
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