ABSTRACT
It should be noted beforehand that there is some literature on the contribution of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to the development of human rights,2 and a greater amount of literature on specific judgements or advisory opinions delivered by the court.3 Even a quick glance at the case law of the court reveals the variety of issues with clear implications for the development of
1 R. Higgins, ’Human Rights in the International Court of Justice’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 20(4) (2007), pp. 745-51 See Appendix 1 for a list of relevant cases brought before the ICJ since 1991.
