The international court in decline Global justice I

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: January 13, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Eric A. Posner
International Herald Tribune
01-13-2005
In its final decision of 2004, the International Court of Justice in The Hague decided that it had no jurisdiction to determine whether Serbia and Montenegro had a valid legal claim against NATO countries that participated in the intervention in Kosovo in 1999.While few outside Belgrade probably paid much attention, the decision was symbolically very important: It showed just how incapable the court is of resolving disputes, and what little hope the new International Criminal Court has of doing much better. There is no doubt that in ...

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