
In the 2011 lecture described in a recent post, Judge Christopher Greenwood of the International Court of Justice remarked:
[S]ince 1981 there has been only one case (out of fifty) in which a State has declined to appear and only in the later phase of the proceedings, although many of the cases involved vigorous challenges to the jurisdiction of the Court.Today's puzzler: Name that nation-state, and that case. Answer below.
(photo of Peace Palace courtesy of ICJ website)
3 comments:
Nicaragua v USA , 1984 case
United States of America failed to appear before the Court in the NIcaragua case, if I remember it correctly...
Yep. See answer at http://www.intlawgrrls.com/2012/02/icj-inquiry-answered.html.
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