Essays about: "ICJ court"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the words ICJ court.

  1. 11. Under the Weapons the Laws Remain Silent - A Qualitative Content Analysis of the Idea and Value of the International Court of Justice as a Legal Norm Maker

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Felicia Gustafsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Nuclear Weapons; Advisory Opinion; International Court of Justice; Legal Development; International Community; United Nations General Assembly; International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte var att undersöka hur ICJ influerar internationell rätt som legal normsättare till det internationella samfundet. Frågeställningen var: hur konceptualiseras idén om ICJ och dess värde för det internationella samfundet av FN:s generalförsamling och domarna som dömde i samband med kärnvapensrådgivningen? Primärmaterialet utgjordes av valda sektioner i de åtta resolutionerna från FN:s generalförsamling som ledde till en rådgivningsbegäran och valda paragrafer ur rådgivningen från 1996. READ MORE

  3. 12. Let Justice be Done though the Heavens Fall - Content Analysis of the International Security Framing in the International Court of Justice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Gustafsson; [2020]
    Keywords : International Security; International Court of Justice; Nuclear Weapons; Advisory Opinion; Framing Theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Nuclear weapons, a well-researched area in both IR and PIL, but are often researched separately. The objective was to fill the research gap by combining the fields to examine international nuclear security. The Nuclear Opinion made by the ICJ was chosen due to its intersection between the fields, thus the judges’ statements constituted the data. READ MORE

  4. 13. Immunity from arrest? - An analysis of obligations for State Parties to the Rome Statute to arrest and surrender a Head of State of a state not party to the Statute in a situation referred to the ICC pursuant to a UN Security Council resolution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Maria Sandén; [2018]
    Keywords : Public international law; International criminal law; Immunity; Head of State immunity; Customary international law; Rome Statute; International Criminal Court; ICC; UN Security Council; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The International Criminal Court (ICC) was created as a compliment to domestic courts in the global fight against impunity. However, customary international law has afforded Heads of State with immunity from prosecution, even for serious international crimes. READ MORE

  5. 14. Use the force? - An analysis of the effect of the TPN on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Sofia Björk; [2018]
    Keywords : public international law; nuclear weapons; Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In its Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons the ICJ was unable to conclude definitely the legality or illegality of nuclear weapons in international law. Since then the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons have been signed, with the aim of establishing a total prohibition on nuclear weapons. READ MORE

  6. 15. Jurisdictional Immunities of the State - The Balance Between State Immunity and Jus Cogens

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Karolin Jönsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Public International Law; State immunity; Jus cogens; International Court of Justice; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The jurisdictional immunity of states in cases concerning serious human rights violations has been extensively discussed in the international legal debate, and has given rise to conflicting judicial decisions by courts of various jurisdictions. While serious human rights violations constitute breaches of peremptory norms, jus cogens, from which no derogation is permitted, the law of state immunity is said to constitute a procedural bar to the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts. READ MORE