Comment by anon291
1 year ago
At the end of the day, the ICJ does not matter because it has no military, and the only major military power in the world, the United States of America, doesn't recognize its jurisdiction at all. Next time, they should try the Supreme Court if they actually want to make a difference (not that it'd work)
America recognizes ICJ. It even has a judge in it, which presides the court currently.
https://icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/donoghue_en.pdf
It has an American on it, but the United States no longer accepts its jurisdiction:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice
> For example, the United States had previously accepted the court's compulsory jurisdiction upon its creation in 1946 but in 1984, after Nicaragua v. United States, withdrew its acceptance following the court's judgment that called on the US to "cease and to refrain" from the "unlawful use of force" against the government of Nicaragua. The court ruled (with only the American judge dissenting) that the United States was "in breach of its obligation under the Treaty of Friendship with Nicaragua not to use force against Nicaragua" and ordered the United States to pay war reparations.[21]
It still does. Just not unconditionally (as in https://icj-cij.org/declarations). There are several cases pending concerning the US, and there were cases concerning US since 1984.