"JOAN E. DONOGHUE"

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the rule of law is foundational to the United Nation,” reiterating that the Security Council has “a vital role in upholding it.” UNIFEED

General Assembly elects judge to International Court of Justice.

Addressing the General Assembly today on the case submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by Ukraine against the Russian Federation, the ICJ President said that the Court concluded that Ukraine had a “plausible right not to be subjected to military operations by the Russian Federation for the purpose of preventing and punishing an alleged genocide in the territory of Ukraine.” UNIFEED

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, told the Security Council that the adoption of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity would “fill a significant gap in the current international framework.” UNIFEED

Security Council must strengthen, uphold responsibility to ensure accountability when international law is violated, speakers stress in all-day debate.

Security Council must strengthen, uphold responsibility to ensure accountability when international law is violated, speakers stress in all-day debate.

Press conference by Ferit Hoxha, Security Council President for the month of June and Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, on the programme of work for June.

The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has today delivered its Judgment in the case concerning Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia). ICJ