Claims Concerning Racial Discrimination: Jurisdictional Approaches of the International Court of Justice
Journal: Kutafin Law Review
Year: 2022

Recent years have demonstrated an increase in cases that were brought before the ICJ by way of jurisdictional clauses of treaties, and never before has the Court experienced such a considerable influx of human rights-related claims. In particular, cases concerning racial discrimination, which first appeared in the Court’s docket in 2008, take up today a substantial part of its agenda: three out of fourteen cases currently pending before the ICJ concern issues of application of the International