Sherlock Holmes
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Every Judge is elected and confirmed for a fixed term by the Security Council which means the US voted for every Judge. That something "runs contradictory" to anything is a matter of opinion and clearly the Judges have a very different interpretation of things, it's their opinion that matters not yours, not Nazinyahu's, not Beelzebub Snotrich.Yes, I am aware of how the law works. The issue I have with opinions like this is that the decisions themselves run contradictory to existing treaties and customary law.
The ICJ is an integral part of the UN, it exists because of advocacy and support from member states including all of the permanent members. The UN reflects the interests and view of the members, it is based on democratic voting.The danger here is permitting the UN to establish custom wherein it gives itself new powers to break treaties between States; tear apart the territorial integrity of existing States; reward acts of belligerence; negate the concept of peace treaties; create legal workarounds for such atrocities as sanctioned ethnic cleansing.
It is a very, very bad idea to permit the UN the power to dictate the behavior of States outside the law.
What do you mean then by "establish a custom"? the ICJ is doing what it has always done since the US and others set it up after WW2,
The ICJ case was brought by other members states (which is how the ICJ works) and they have been considering the complaints for two years and have now reached a decision.
The UN and ICJ are "permitted" to do what they do because that's what the members want, member states have rights at the UN and always have.
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