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Are ICJ decisions obligatory?

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Are ICJ decisions obligatory?

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If one of the states involved fails to comply with it, the other party may take the issue to the UN Security Council. In a way, this means that a dispute can remain unresolved if one of the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council decides to block further action. Since 1946, the court has delivered 93 judgments on disputes ranging from frontiers issues and territorial sovereignty to the non-use of force, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, hostage-taking, the right of asylum and nationality. What about advisory opinions? The court’s advisory opinions are consultative in character – not binding on the requesting bodies. Since it was established, the ICJ has given 25 advisory opinions ranging from UN membership and reparation for injuries suffered in the service of the UN to the status of human rights rapporteurs and the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. Has the ICJ been successful? The ICJ has a chequered history. It was set up in the optimis

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