{"id":1481,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/describe-the-composition-of-the-international-court-of-justice-upsc-psir-2022-3509\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:30","slug":"describe-the-composition-of-the-international-court-of-justice-upsc-psir-2022-3509","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/describe-the-composition-of-the-international-court-of-justice-upsc-psir-2022-3509\/","title":{"rendered":"Describe the composition of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Discuss its voluntary jurisdiction."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 principal judicial organ, 1945, The Hague \u2192 bench built to represent the world \u2192 jurisdiction reaches only as far as states allow R2 composition is universal, jurisdiction is consensual \u2192 the Court&#039;s reach is fixed by states, not by its bench<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">fifteen judges \/ no two from same state \/ nine years \/ elected by General Assembly + Security Council voting separately \/ five seats every three years \u2192 bench must represent principal legal systems + main forms of civilization \u2192 hence the claim to speak for international society \u2192 but no compulsory jurisdiction \u2192 consent routes: party to the Statute \/ acceptance under conditions \/ referral \u2192 two heads: contentious (states) + advisory (UN organs, specialised agencies) \u2192 within consent the grip is firm: final, binding, no appeal \u2192 Kulbhushan Jadhav order to Pakistan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">the same consent is the weakness \u2192 states may refuse jurisdiction enforcement runs through the UNSC, permanent member can veto \u2192 US and Israel non-compliance \u2192 Prabhash Ranjan: over Ukraine, Russia can veto enforcement against itself<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rk! consent loosens the grip exactly where the stakes are highest \u2192 still the archetype of international adjudication R2 representative bench + consensual jurisdiction \u2192 the most far-reaching attempt yet to apply the rule of law between states<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[78],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1481","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-united-nations","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2689,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1481\/revisions\/2689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}