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Accepting the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice with Reservations: An Overview of Practice with a Focus on Recent Trends and Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

Stanimir A. Alexandrov
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Abstract

States can accept the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice with respect to all or certain categories of legal disputes by means of unilateral declarations. This article examines the reservations to the acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction that states include in such declarations. It reviews the practice of states and traces the trends in drafting and adopting reservations. It also analyzes the jurisprudence of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice in relation to the interpretation of various reservations, particularly in recent cases, illustrating the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of different types of reservations.

Keywords

compulsory jurisdictionInternational Court of Justicereservations to compulsory jurisdictionStatute of the International Court of Justice
Type
HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
Information
Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 89 - 124
Copyright
© 2001 Kluwer Law International

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