ICJ: instructions for a much-used tool

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International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: view of the court during the reading of the ruling rejecting Sudan’s complaint accusing the United Arab Emirates of complicity in genocide.
View of the courtroom of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on 5 May 2025, during the reading of the ruling rejecting Sudan’s complaint accusing the United Arab Emirates of complicity in genocide, declaring itself ‘manifestly incompetent’ to rule on the case. Photo: © ICJ-CIJ

Opening with Mali’s recent application against Algeria before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the downing of a military drone in Mali’s Kidal region, which, like Sudan’s application against the United Arab Emirates, seems to be solely intended to attract attention, this new podcast from our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts explores the practices and techniques used by the many states that resort to this busy court. Their guest, Juliette McIntyre, senior lecturer in law at the University of South Australia, provides here listeners with an update on most of the cases we have talked about in Justice Info.

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This podcast has been published as part of a partnership between Justice Info and Asymmetrical Haircuts, a podcast on international justice produced from The Hague by journalists Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, who retain full control and independence over the contents of the podcast.

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