List of International Court of Justice cases

Forming a key part of international law, 196 cases have been entered onto the General List for consideration before the court.

However, certain United Nations bodies and agencies such as the UN General Assembly have the power to submit questions for advisory opinions.

In the early days of the court, any formally correct application was accepted by the registrar and entered on to the General List.

In 1978, however, the Court amended its rules and instructed the registrar to only enter a case on the General List if there was consent by the responding party,[6] seemingly reducing the problem of meritless applications.

Such a case may be ordered to be added to the General List over the protestations of the respondent to allow the court to decide whether there is consent.