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Years ago, the New York Daily News ran the headline: “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” Gerald Ford wasn't really telling anyone to die — the News was just characterizing the President's refusal to provide New York vital financial assistance. But on July 10, 2004 the headlines could have read: “International Court of Justice to Israelis: Drop Dead.” And that would have been, quite literally, the truth. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the United Nation's court. The ICJ has never raised serious objections to terrorism. Indeed in 1998, the ICJ sided with Libya, and against the U.S., Britain and...

Hague-wash: Court of 'Justice' ruling a joke! Aaron Klein The United Nations has outdone itself again. In an almost unanimous decision, the International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel's security fence – which is credited by even Hamas with keeping suicide bombers out – violates international law, and must be dismantled. The court proclaimed "[it] is not convinced" that Israel's security fence "is necessary to attain its security objectives." Palestinian leaders were, of course, overjoyed. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei described the ruling as "historic," while Yasser Arafat called the decision a "victory for justice." And when Arafat...

Euro-Nazis alive and well Joseph Farah When the euphemistically named International Court of Justice ruled last week that Israel's security fence, credited with keeping suicide bombers out of the country and dramatically reducing the number of innocent Jewish civilians killed by terrorists, was illegal and must be torn down, it showed that Nazism wasn't destroyed in 1945. Beginning in the fall of 2000, the Palestinian Authority, headed by Yasser Arafat, began a systematic campaign of violence against Israeli civilians. Hundreds of Israelis have been killed in suicide bombing attacks, all of which originated from Palestinian Authority territory. Many thousands of...

The International Court of Justice ruling last week ordering Israel to tear down the barrier it's building against terrorist incursions proves redundantly that international law isn't law: it's really politics in its most venal form. If ever a court deserved contempt, it's the ICJ. One measure of how deep our contempt for the ICJ should be has no relationship to this ruling. It comes from the makeup of the court. Of its fifteen "judges," seven come from nations which have no rule of law and allow their citizens no rights of self-determination or due process of law. These stalwarts --...

Europe and the ICJ Many things have been and remain to be said about Friday's advisory opinion on Israel's security fence by the 15-member International Court of Justice, most of it having to do with the court's jurisdiction, fitness, and reasoning. How can Israel expect justice from an international tribunal on which no Israeli jurist is eligible to serve? How can we expect it from one on which Egyptian and Jordanian judges do serve? How does the court sidestep the question of the terrorism that created the fence and then render an opinion on the legality of settlements? But all...

Israel follows its own law, not bigoted Hague decision By ALAN DERSHOWITZ The Israeli government has both a legal and a moral obligation to comply with the Israeli Supreme Court's decision regarding the security fence. After all, the Supreme Court is a creation of the Knesset and is therefore representative of all of the people – Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. Moreover, the Supreme Court has a real stake in both sides of the fence dispute. Its job is to balance the security needs of its citizens against the humanitarian concerns of West Bank Palestinians. It tried to strike that...

GAZA, July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinians on Saturday hoped that the Friday ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, which called upon Israel to stop constructing the security wall in the West Bank, would rehabilitate them. The ICJ ruled that the security wall being built by Israel in the West Bank was in breach of international law, and called on Israel to tear it down and compensate Palestinians harmed by its construction. "Considering the wall by the International Court of Justiceil legal and contravenes with international law would make the Palestinians continue their struggle to prove...

BEAVER, W.V., July 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senator John Kerry released the following statement today regarding the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security fence: "I am deeply disappointed by today's International Court of Justice ruling related to Israel's security fence. Israel's fence is a legitimate response to terror that only exists in response to the wave of terror attacks against Israel. The fence is an important tool in Israel's fight against terrorism. It is not a matter for the ICJ. "I have made very clear from the start that I do not believe that the ICJ should even...

Exclusive: Int'l Court rules Israel must pull down 'illegal' W. Bank fence, compensate Palestinians Court: fence violates int'l law, must be dismantled The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz. The decision will be officially made public at 4 P.M. Friday under the heading, "Legal implications of the construction of the barrier in Palestinian occupied territory." The court has ruled that on the basis...

President Thabo Mbeki will openthe UN conference in Cape Town South Africa will host a two-day UN conference in support of Palestinian rights beginning on Tuesday, hoping that it will help advance the idea of a negotiated Middle East peace. "We hope this conference will put the message across that no military solution is possible and that the only way forward is through a negotiated settlement," said Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad on Monday. "We want this conference to help people understand what is going on in Palestine," he said. South Africa is a strong supporter of Palestinian rights and...

THE HAGUE : The International Court of Justice said it would give an advisory ruling on the legality of Israel's West Bank barrier on July 9, after hearings in the case were boycotted by the Jewish state. The ICJ, the United Nations highest legal body, heard three days of testimony in February from 15 parties arguing against the controversial barrier. The UN General Assembly called on the ICJ in December to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of the barrier. Israel insists its construction is necessary to prevent infiltrations by West Bank militants, but it cuts deep inside...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox claimed victory Friday in his campaign against the U.S. death penalty after Oklahoma's governor spared a Mexican death row prisoner, and called on other U.S. states to follow suit. Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry commuted the death sentence of Mexican Osvaldo Torres Thursday, saying there were violations of international law in the case. Torres, 29, whose cause was taken up around the world, was scheduled to be executed Tuesday for his role in the 1993 murder of an Oklahoma couple. "We are pleased that this occurred and now we can take care of...

MEXICO CITY -- As Oklahoma makes preparations to execute a Mexican citizen for a double murder, Mexican political leaders, human rights groups and commentators are stepping up a campaign to save the death row inmate's life. Lawmakers from the nation's biggest political party planned to present a resolution today that calls for the Mexican government to try to stay the execution of Osbaldo Torres, said Rep. Carlos Jimenez, secretary of Congress' Foreign Affairs Committee. The resolution will likely be supported by all parties, Jimenez said. The congressional action comes after President Vicente Fox and Foreign Secretary Luis Ernestio Derbez sent...

World Court Orders Changes in U.S. Death Penalty On March 31, the International Court of Justice, more commonly known as the World Court, ruled that the United States "should provide by means of its own choosing meaningful review of the conviction and sentence" of 47 Mexican citizens currently on death row. The case initially dealt with 52 convicted Mexican murderers, five of whom have been executed. Prior to issuing its decision, the World Court "ordered the United States to halt the execution process of three Mexicans, two in Texas, and one in Oklahoma, until the ruling," observed the London Guardian....

On March 31, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), located in The Hague, ruled in favor of suit brought by the Mexican government against the United States regarding Mexican nationals currently sitting on death row.  If, like most Americans, you consider court rulings from The Hague about as relevant as the Eurovision song contest, consider the cases of two men, the first an American citizen, the second a Mexican. In 1992, a Mexican judge sentence[d] Chicago-born Alfonso Martin del Campo Dodd to 50 years in prison for the murder of his sister and her husband, despite the fact that the...

With all the real atrocities going on in uncivilized countries around the world, one would think that any world court looking into violations of human rights would have enough to do without trying to tell the United States how to conduct our criminal trials. But the busybody bureaucrats in the Hague masquerading as judges have just presumed to give orders to America. The International Court of Justice, known as the World Court, just ruled that the United States violated the rights of 51 Mexicans on death row to receive diplomatic help, and it ordered our country to review their cases....

<p>Last week, the United States suffered an embarrassing setback before the International Court of Justice. Sitting in The Hague, in a "Peace Palace" originally paid for by Andrew Carnegie, the "World Court" has effectively ordered the U.S. to halt the execution of all foreigners within its borders. Now that the ICJ has thrown in its lot with the anti-death penalty movement, it may be time for the U.S. to turn its back on the World Court.</p>

MEXICO CITY, April 4 (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox said on Sunday he would insist to U.S. President George W. Bush that the United States respect a World Court order to review the cases of 51 Mexicans on death row in U.S. prisons. The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, last Wednesday ordered the United States to review the convictions and sentences of the Mexican defendants. Texas snubbed the World Court, saying the international tribunal's order to review the cases did not apply in the nation's busiest death penalty state. "We haven't spoken to him...

Take a large helping of farce, add a strong dose of outrage, sprinkle with blatant illegality, and you’ve got the latest case to be heard by the International Court of Justice at The Hague. It’s known as Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories—a name that in itself speaks volumes.If it was the UN that was adjudicating a case involving Israel, very few people would expect Israel to get a fair hearing. The UN’s bias against Israel is legendary, from the Zionism Is Racism resolution to obsessive “human rights” condemnations that never get around...

<p>THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that the United States violated the rights of 47 Mexicans on death row and ordered their cases be reviewed.</p> <p>The court was considering whether 52 convicted murderers had received their right to assistance from their government.</p>