The International Court of Justice and Decolonisation New Directions from the Chagos Advisory Opinion
Book contents
- The International Court of Justice and Decolonisation
- The International Court of Justice and Decolonisation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases and Awards
- Table of Legislation
- UN General Assembly Resolutions
- National Legislation
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Chagos, Custom and the Interpretation of UN General Assembly Resolutions
- 3 Reflections on the Treatment of General Assembly Resolutions in the Chagos Advisory Opinion
- 4 The Chagos Advisory Opinion and the Principle of Consent to Adjudication
- 5 Two Takes on Chagos: Reconciling the Advisory Opinion with the Res Judicata Effect of the UNCLOS Arbitral Award
- 6 State Responsibility in Advisory Proceedings: Thoughts on Judicial Propriety and Multilateralism in the Chagos Opinion
- 7 Peremptory Norms in the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Decolonisation of Mauritius and the Chagos Archipelago
- 8 Reflections on the UK’s Assertion of Sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Wake of the Chagos Advisory Opinion
- 9 The Chagos Marine Protected Area
- 10 Human Rights and the Chagos Advisory Opinion
- 11 Heightened Scrutiny of Colonial Consent According to the Chagos Advisory Opinion: Pandora’s Box Reopened?
- 12 Chagos and the Perplexities of the Law of Treaties
- 13 Prospect of the Chagos Advisory Opinion and the Subsequent UN General Assembly Resolution Helping to Resolve the Future of the Chagos Archipelago and Its Former Inhabitants: A Political Perspective
- 14 Reflections on the Human Tragedy Underlying the Chagos Case and the Way Forward
- Index
3 - Reflections on the Treatment of General Assembly Resolutions in the Chagos Advisory Opinion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 February 2021
Book contents
- The International Court of Justice and Decolonisation
- The International Court of Justice and Decolonisation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases and Awards
- Table of Legislation
- UN General Assembly Resolutions
- National Legislation
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Chagos, Custom and the Interpretation of UN General Assembly Resolutions
- 3 Reflections on the Treatment of General Assembly Resolutions in the Chagos Advisory Opinion
- 4 The Chagos Advisory Opinion and the Principle of Consent to Adjudication
- 5 Two Takes on Chagos: Reconciling the Advisory Opinion with the Res Judicata Effect of the UNCLOS Arbitral Award
- 6 State Responsibility in Advisory Proceedings: Thoughts on Judicial Propriety and Multilateralism in the Chagos Opinion
- 7 Peremptory Norms in the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Decolonisation of Mauritius and the Chagos Archipelago
- 8 Reflections on the UK’s Assertion of Sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Wake of the Chagos Advisory Opinion
- 9 The Chagos Marine Protected Area
- 10 Human Rights and the Chagos Advisory Opinion
- 11 Heightened Scrutiny of Colonial Consent According to the Chagos Advisory Opinion: Pandora’s Box Reopened?
- 12 Chagos and the Perplexities of the Law of Treaties
- 13 Prospect of the Chagos Advisory Opinion and the Subsequent UN General Assembly Resolution Helping to Resolve the Future of the Chagos Archipelago and Its Former Inhabitants: A Political Perspective
- 14 Reflections on the Human Tragedy Underlying the Chagos Case and the Way Forward
- Index
Summary
The considerable normative value of General Assembly resolutions has been recognised in authoritative reports on the formation and identification of customary international law produced by the International Law Association (ILA) and the International Law Commission (ILC) in recent years.1 In his contribution to this volume (Chapter 2), James Summers draws our attention to the various ways in which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its Chagos Advisory Opinion sought to harness the growing importance of General Assembly resolutions in relation to the formation of customary international law,2 not least through the ways in which it has enhanced the application of the criteria enumerated in its Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion.3 This short chapter offers further reflections on this phenomenon.
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- The International Court of Justice and DecolonisationNew Directions from the Chagos Advisory Opinion, pp. 41 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021