Download This PaperThe Secretary-General's Trust Fund to Assist States in the Settlement of Disputes Through the International Court of Justice
Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, Hélène Ruiz Fabri, ed., Oxford University Press
11 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2019 Last revised: 6 Mar 2023
Date Written: February 20, 2019
Abstract
The Secretary-General’s Trust Fund to Assist States in the Settlement of Disputes through the International Court of Justice was established in 1989 and inspired the creation of similar funds to financially assist states in the resolution of their disputes within the context of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. In this entry for the Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, I review the structure and operation, and the practice of the ICJ Trust Fund, comparing it occasionally to the other funds inspired by it, and offering a brief evaluation of the endeavour.
Keywords: ICJ, international dispute settlement, international judicial settlement, international legal aid
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