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Forum Prorogatum Returns to the International Court of Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2004

Abstract

The ICJ interpreted Article 36(1) of its Statute – more specifically, the phrase ‘all cases which the parties refer to it’ – as permitting it to adopt the doctrine of forum prorogatum as a jurisdictional principle and to adapt this doctrine to the circumstances of international judicial process, as an informal way of founding its jurisdiction over the merits of a dispute. The resort to this doctrine has given rise to some concerns and has not received the general acceptance of states. The Certain Criminal Proceedings in France case marks the successful return of the doctrine to the ICJ and shows that the doctrine is a valuable tool for nationalists seeking to protect national interests and for internationalists seeking to promote the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

Type
HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: International Court of Justice
Copyright
© 2003 Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law

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