Abstract
The full article about "The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Enforcement of Its Judicial Decisions" can be found in the Leiden Journal of International Law on the Cambridge Journals website.
Together with the Security Council and the General Assembly, the
International Court of Justice is one of the most important guarantors
of peace, security and co-operation among states. The role of the ICJ in
the enforcement of its decisions has received little attention in the
existing literature. Although international courts, regional courts and
national courts do not physically enforce their decisions, they have
various levels of enforcement mechanism procedures. Nevertheless, it has
been widely and mistakenly believed that it is not the business of the
ICJ to enforce its decisions, but rather this is the business of other
political bodies of the United Nations. It is argued in this paper that
this proposition is not accurate and, instead, the ICJ has at its
disposal various enforcement procedures and is, moreover, under
statutory obligations to participate actively in policing and enforcing
its decisions.
The full article about "The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Enforcement of Its Judicial Decisions" can be found in the Leiden Journal of International Law on the Cambridge Journals website.
