pratiyogita kiran Published this article page no 08 ICJ is assisted by a Registry its administrative organ. Its official languages are English and French. The 15 judges of the Court are distributed in following regions 1. Three from Africa. 2. Two from Latin America and Caribbean. 3. Three from Asia. 4. Five from Western Europe and other states. 5. Two from Eastern Europe. Independence of judges Unlike other organs of international organizations the Court is not composed of representatives of governments. Members of the Court are independent judges whose first task before taking up their duties is to make a solemn declaration in open court that they will exercise their powers impartially and conscientiously.ICJ acts as a world court with two fold jurisdiction i.e. legal disputes between States submitted to it by them (contentious cases) and requests for advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by United Nations organs and specialized agencies (advisory proceedings). Only States which are members of the United Nations and which have become parties to the Statute of the Court or which have accepted its jurisdiction under certain conditions are parties to contentious cases. The judgment is final binding on the parties to a case and without appeal (at the most it may be subject to interpretation or upon the discovery of a new fact revision). The Genocide Convention The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) is an instrument of international law that codified for the first time the crime of genocide. According to the Genocide Convention genocide is a crime that can take place both in time of war as well as in time of peace pratiyogita kiran buy.
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