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- International Court of Justice spoils
Belgium's Sharon case
- By Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post, 15
February 2002. The International Court of Justice dealt a
death blow to the Belgian attempt to try Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon for alleged war crimes yesterday, ruling
serving ministers are protected from prosecution.
- Sharon cannot be tried in Belgium, says
court
- By Andrew Osborn, The Guardian, Friday 15
February 2002. Mr Sharon has been accused of being
responsible for the massacre of hundreds of Palestinians
in Lebanon in 1982 when he was Israel's minister of
defence. In a landmark judgment, the court in the Hague
said yesterday that former and current government
ministers and leaders are protected from prosecution by a
foreign state because of their diplomatic immunity and can
only be held to account in their own country.
- International Court of Justice rules for war
crimes impunity
- By MichelP, 15 February 2002. Commentary on the
previous two articles. A controversial Belgian law gave
Belgian courts universal jurisdiction, meaning they could
try alleged crimes against humanity that took place on
foreign soil and did not involve Belgian nationals.
- Scientologists lose Dutch copyright
case
- The Register, 8 September 2003. The Court
of Appeal in The Hague last week rejected all of the
Church of Scientology's claims its action against the
Dutch ISP Xs4all, writer Karin Spain and ten other
internet providers for publishing copyrighted material on
the web.
- World Court reputation at stake
- By Arthur Neslen in The Hague, Al Jazeera,
Tuesday 24 February 2004. World Court has never ruled
against request for an advisory. Dutch legal experts said
that the credibility of the International Court of Justice
was at stake, on the second day of the case against
Israel's separation wall at The Hague.
- Main points of the International Court
ruling
- By Tali Nir, Haaretz, 11 July 2004. The
International Court of Justice in The Hague on Friday
declared the separation fence between Israel and the West
Bank illegal in every aspect. The Court said Israel could
not justify the fence on the grounds of self-defense.