Prerequisites: Some prior study of public international law is recommended but not required.

Exam Type: No Exam

The International Court of Justice, sitting in The Hague, is the highest judicial authority in public international law. The parties to its cases are states, not individuals. Yet increasingly in recent years the ICJ has been called upon to resolve claims under human rights law. This reading group will consider the contributions of the ICJ to human rights as well as the tensions that arise from its generalist role and the geopolitical setting of its cases. The readings will mainly be major opinions of the ICJ, contentious or advisory, as well as concurrences or dissents.

Note: This reading group will meet on the following dates: TBD.

Students cannot enroll in both Professor Neuman’s reading group, Human Rights in the International Court of Justice, and Mr. Levine-Spound’s reading group, The International Court of Justice and the Law of Armed Conflict, for credit.