Chinese Journal of International Law Advance Access originally published online on January 30, 2009
Chinese Journal of International Law 2009 8(1):181-189; doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jmn046
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Notes on the International Court of Justice (Part 2): Reform Proposals Regarding the International Court of Justice—A Preliminary Report for the International Law Association Study Group on United Nations Reform
Correspondence: * University Professor and Chair of the Academic Committee, Wuhan University Institute of International Law, China (email: sienho{at}chinesejil.org). The paper was completed on 2 August 2008 for the International Law Association Study Group on United Nations Reform. This Preliminary Report was intended to be a survey on the more significant proposals, not a detailed treatment of any of them. I am grateful to President Dame Rosalyn Higgins of the ICJ and Dr Ralph Wilde, Special Rapporteur of the ILA Study Group, for valuable comments and to Ingrid Kost, Curator of the Peace Palace Library for research assistance. All responsibility is mine alone. Comments are welcome.
Written for the International Law Association Study Group on UN Reform, this Preliminary Report reviews the more significant reform proposals regarding the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and makes some suggestions for further consideration such as the appropriateness of an ICJ Bar and a Model Code of Conduct for practice before the ICJ, the role of the ICJ and its heavy caseload, and possible coalitions to promote the ICJ.