The International Court of Justice and the Responsibility to Protect

Learning from the Case of The Gambia v. Myanmar

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ID12960972
AuthorsMartin Mennecke (0000-0001-9099-4990, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume13
Issue2-3
Pages324-348
Publication date2021-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Responsibility to Protect (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1875-984X • E-ISSN: 1875-9858
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/1875-984x-13020012
OpenAlexW3166740937
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

It is a commonplace in the R2P discourse to describe accountability measures as key means to implement the responsibility to protect. In particular, the International Criminal Court is regularly highlighted as a central actor, both in the literature, the annual R2P reports issued by the UN Secretary-General, and the subsequent debates in the UN General Assembly. Conspicuously absent from this conversation is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice ( icj ). This article examines the potential role of the ‘World Court’, as The Gambia in November 2019 started a new case under the UN Genocide Convention against Myanmar before the icj . Analysing the limitations and prospects and existing icj case-law, the article concludes that the International Court of Justice can make an important and unique contribution to the responsibility to protect

Accountability · Convention · Economic Justice · General assembly · Genocide · Human rights · International court · International law · Political science · Principal (computer security · Public international law · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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