What are the sources of law that the ICJ shall apply, in accordance with its Statute?

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What are the sources of law
that the ICJ shall apply, in
accordance with its Statute?

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ANSWER....................................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................4

ANSWER
International Court of Justice has multiple sources of law; this body is responsible for
resolving the cases related to International laws (Weiss and Daws (Eds.), 2018). Every state has
their rules and regulation so it is a complicated task to resolve the cases where both parties
(states) are correct according to their own statutory law. Below are few sources of law for ICJ:
International treaties and convention - These are the agreements between nation which can be
bilateral and plurilateral. Bilateral means between two nation and plurilateral means between
more than two countries. Multilateral tries are also very popular where states make agreement
relating to business, environment or any other significant issue (STATUTE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, 2020).
International custom – It is another important source of law where international obligations
occur because of the established internal practices. It is not related to treaties and conventions,
and honored by all the members of UNO members.
General principles of law – Although it is not considered as formal source of law but ICJ still
consider it at the time of making decision. These are very basic rule which has generic content;
legal system runs because of these principles and they sometime play crucial role in minimizing
complexity in the cases.
Judicial decisions – These are decisions taken in past by Jury of ICJ, they act as a source of law
when similar kind of cases come to ICJ. Court is not bound to considered same decision but if
they think that situation if similar and does not need a trial then they can go with this option.

REFERENCES
Weiss, T. G., & Daws, S. (Eds.). (2018). The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations. Oxford
University Press.
Online
STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. 2020. [Online]. Available
through <https://www.icj-cij.org/en/statute>