International Case Law

Question 1

What International Court of Justice ruling determined that the United Nations had the status of ‘International Legal Person’? What year?

Answer 1

Reparation for Injuries Suffered in Service to the United Nations
1949

Question 2

What year was the ICJ’s advisory ruling on Reparation for Injuries Suffered in Service to the United Nations made?

Answer 2

1949

Question 3

What event spurred the United Nations to seek the ICJ’s advisory opinion, leading to the ruling in Reparation for Injuries Suffered in Service to the United Nations

Answer 3

The assassination of Folke Bernadotte by Zionists in Jerusalem, while he was attempting to mediate in the Arab/Israeli conflict.

Question 4

What did the ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld determine in US law vis-a-vis International Law?

Answer 4

That the President of the United States is obligated by to follow the Geneva Conventions, and that courts have the power to enforce international law.

Question 5

The 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis led to which International Court of Justice case, which received unanimous support in favour of the United States??

Answer 5

United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran

Question 6

What did the International Court of Justice rule in the 2004 case Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory?

Answer 6

That the construction of security fencing by Israel in Palestine was illegal and should be dismantled. Israel ignored this ruling.

Question 7

Who won the 1986 case Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua?

Answer 7

Nicaragua