E-: International Dispute Settlement

18 important questions on E-: International Dispute Settlement

What are the 3 ways of dispute settlement?

  1. UN SC actions not-involving force
  2. Non-diplomatic methods (legal methods)
  3. Diplomatic methods (non-legal methods)

Does international law require states to settle their disputes?

No, the only obligation that states have is that they must settle their disputes peacefully (2(3) UN Charter)

In which two main categories can the methods of dispute settlement be divided?

  1. Diplomatic methods
  2. Non diplomatic methods --> legal
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In which article can the diplomatic and non-diplomatic methods of dispute settlement be found?

Art. 33 UN Charter

What is one of the advantages of "negotiation"?

The advantage that negotiation hold for disputing parties is that they are directly involved and can freely choose the negotiation procedure.

What does the legal obligation to enter negotiations in " good faith" mean?

  1. States have the obligation to meaningfully engage and not just go through the motions
  2. States are obliged to not jeopardize the process

In which cases has de ICJ ruled that negotiations should be entered into good faith?

  1. North Sea Continental Shelf - meaningfully engage
  2. Nuclear Weapons

What does the following four methods of diplomatic settlement have in common: good offices, mediation, enquiry, conciliation

The involvement of a third party

What does "offering good offices" mean?

In the case ofgood offices, a third party offers his/her 'offices' in order to facilitate a negotiation between the parties.

What is the most important difference between a mediator and a conciliator?

Conciliator has a formal mandate, mediator an more informal role

Which 3 measures can the UN take to maintain or restore collective security?

  1. Provisional measures (art. 40 UN Charter)
  2. Measures not-involving force (art. 41 UN Charter)
  3. Measures involving force (art. 42 UN Charter)

Which two types of sanctions not-involving force are stated in art. 41 UN Charter?

  1. Smart sanctions that address individuals, companies, governmental entities
  2. Severance of diplomatic relations

What is meant with 'activation' before any action can be taken to restore international peace and security?

In order for the Security Council to be able to authorise or order measures to be taken, it must first determine that there is breach of or a threat to the peace. Article 39 is the key that opens the door to the Security Council's arsenal in articles 40, 41 and 42.

What are the three legal (non-diplomatic) methods of dispute settlement?

  1. Arbitration
  2. Adjudication
  3. Quasi-judicial bodies

What is the similarity between arbitration and adjudication?

Arbitration and adjudication both involve binding decisions by international tribunals.

What is the difference between arbitration and adjudication?

Adjudication takes place before permanent judicial tribunals staffed by permanently appointed judges. Examples of such permanent international judicial tribunals are: theInternational Court of Justice  (Links to an external site.)(ICJ), theInternational Tribunal for the Law of the Sea  (Links to an external site.), and theDispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization

What are the ways for parties to give consent so that the ICJ has jurisdiction?

  1. By compromis or special agreement
  2. By a compromissory clausule in a treaty
  3. By an optional clausule
  4. Forum prorogatum

What can the ICJ rule at the end of a case?

1) compensation when one of the parties has suffered losses.
2) The Court can also confine itself to issuing a declaratory judgment which operates from the presumption that the finding that one party had breached the law.
3) Mostly though, the outcome of cases is some form of settlement (for instance, in a boundary delimitation dispute, the Court can establish the boundary).

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