Statute of the International Court of Justice

Definition of Statute of the International Court of Justice

Further reading

The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the United Nations Charter, as specified by Chapter XIV of the United Nations Charter. The statute's chapters are:

• Chapter I: Organization of the Court (Articles 2 - 33)
• Chapter II: Competence of the Court (Articles 34 - 38)
• Chapter III: Procedure (Articles 39 - 64)
• Chapter IV: Advisory Opinions (Articles 65 - 68)
• Chapter V: Amendment (Articles 69 & 70)

Under Article 38.2, the court is allowed to decide a case ex aequo et bono if the parties agree thereto.

Parties to the Statute

Parties to the Statute currently are all 192 UN members. Previously, some states that were non-members of the UN have been parties to the Statute, but they later joined the UN - Switzerland (1946-2002), Japan (1953-1956), Liechtenstein (1949-1990), San Marino (1953-1992), and Nauru (1987-1999).[1]

References

1. Search here for "Art 93" to find a series of documents that list every non-UN member that became a party to the ICJ Statute.