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International courts
 

Attached to the UNOUNO The main bodies of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. All were established under the UN Charter when the Organization was founded in 1945. It has 193 members.

            

Provisional courts

ICTY  – International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was established in 1993 by United NationsUNO The main bodies of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. All were established under the UN Charter when the Organization was founded in 1945. It has 193 members. Security Council resolution 827. He sits in The HagueHague The city`s unique position as an international centre of decision-making and influence has propelled it to earn its reputation as the international city of peace and justice. Hague is home to more than 200 international organisations, including the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the city also plays host to the International Court of Justice, Europol, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and UNICRI Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. The municipal clerk (griffier) is in charge of the municipal clerk’s office., where he is responsible for judging those responsible for violations of international humanitarian law rules and conventions, committed between 1991 and 2001 in the various regions of the Bakans. His mandate expires in 2011.

TSL  – Special Tribunal for Lebanon

This international jurisdictionJurisdiction Authority by which courts receive and decide cases. Limited Jurisdiction: the authority over only particular types of cases, or cases under a prescribed amount in controversy, or seeking only certain types of relief, the District Court is a court of limited jurisdiction. Original Jurisdiction: Jurisdiction of the first court to hear a case. was set up by Security Council resolution 1757, adopted on May 30, 2007, it is the first timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”) that an international body has been created to rule on a ground other than that of “war crimeCrime A positive or negative act in violation of penal law; an offense against the state classified either as a felony or misdemeanor.”. , “Crime against humanity” or “genocide”. The applicable law is Lebanese criminal law, with a derogation excluding the use of the death penalty and forced labor.

Permanent courts

ICJ – International Court of Justice

On the basis of the United Nations Charter and the statute of the Court annexed to it, the ICJ succeeded the Permanent Court of International Justice, as the permanent judicial body of the United Nations. Its mission is to settle disputes in accordance with the texts and general principles of international law. It is made up of 15 judges elected for 9 years by the General Assembly and the Security Council.

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The United Nations has established a jurisdiction to deal with disputes relating to the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea, in force since 1996 and ratified by 157 states. This tribunal sits in Hamburg, Germany and has 21 members elected for 9 years. Its decisions are in principle binding, subject to the limitations provided for in the Convention.

 Attached to other international organizations

CEDH  – European Court of Human Rights

The ECHR ensures that the rules of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms are respected and interpreted within the framework of the Council of EuropeEurope Once the word came to be peculiarly associated with the transalpine formations of Latin Christianity, it became a cultural term as well as a geographic one. The word “European” merged with the word “Western” and there was a supposed “Western civilization” occupying the Atlantic region, colonizing the two continents and making contact with the Pacific. EU is a “union of states which lies between confederation and federation. Read more.. The particularity of this jurisdiction is that it can be seized directly by individuals once the domestic remedies have been exhausted.

IACHR  – Inter-American Court of Human Rights – 

The IACHR is the adjudicative body attached to the Organization of American States and sits in San José, Costa Rica. This Court is responsible for overseeing the interpretation and application of the rules set out in the American Convention on Human Rights, enacted in 1979.

ORD – Dispute Settlement Body

The DSB is the body for resolving trade disputes relating to the interpretation and proper conduct of commitments resulting from the WTOWTO The World Trade Organization (164 Members) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The WTO operates the global system of trade rules and helps developing economies build their trade capacity. Observer governments> Algeria- Andorra- Azerbaijan- Bahamas- Belarus- Bhutan- Bosnia and Herzegovina- Comoros- Curaçao- Equatorial Guinea- Ethiopia- Holy See- Iran- Iraq- Lebanese Republic- Libya- Sao Tomé and Principe- Serbia- Somalia- South Sudan- Sudan- Syrian Arab Republic- Timor-Leste- Turkmenistan- Uzbekistan- agreements. It is not a question here of a jurisdiction in the strict sense, in that the DSB does not have any autonomous power. Its members are usually the ambassadors of WTO member countries. An appeals body has also been set up, although the decisions are not legally binding.

ICC – International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court is a permanent international jurisdiction distinct from the UN, which is not attached to any international system or organization. Its legal basis results from the adoption by 120 States of the Rome Statute alone, on July 17, 1998. This treaty entered into force on July 1, 2002, after its ratification by 60 countries. As of June 1, 2008, this international convention had 108 ratifications. It is responsible for ruling on the most serious crimes affecting the international community.