kulawrKutafin Law ReviewKutafin Law Review2713-05252713-0533MSAL10.17803/2713-0525.2022.2.20.355-391kulawr-171Research ArticleELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATIONClaims Concerning Racial Discrimination: Jurisdictional Approaches of the International Court of Justicehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4833-2525VylegzhaninA. N.

Alexander N. Vylegzhanin - Dr. Sci. (Law), Professor, Head of the International Law Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University).

76 prospekt Vernadskogo, Moscow 119454.

danilalvy@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-6072IvanovD. V.

Dmitry V. Ivanov - Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, International Law Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University).

76 prospekt Vernadskogo, Moscow 119454.

prof.ivanovdv@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-249XZinchenkoO. I.

Olga I. Zinchenko - Postgraduate student, International Law Department, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University).

76 prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow 119454.

zinchenko3912@yandex.ruMoscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University)Russian Federation20220507202292355391Copyright © Vylegzhanin A.N., Ivanov D.V., Zinchenko O.I., 20222022Vylegzhanin A.N., Ivanov D.V., Zinchenko O.I.Vylegzhanin A.N., Ivanov D.V., Zinchenko O.I.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/171

Recent  years  have  demonstrated  an  increase  in  cases that  were  brought  before  the  ICJ  by  way  of  jurisdictional  clauses  of treaties, and never before has the Court experienced such a considerable influx  of  human  rights-related  claims.  In  particular,  cases  concerning racial discrimination, which first appeared in the Court’s docket in 2008, take  up  today  a  substantial  part  of  its  agenda:  three  out  of  fourteen cases currently pending before the ICJ concern issues of application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), while the fourth one was resolved just in 2021. The  article  describes  the  problems  the  Court  encountered  in  striking the  proper  balance  between  various  legal  and  political  considerations when  interpreting  the  jurisdictional  clause  of  Article  22  of  CERD  and questions whether the ICJ has succeeded in doing so.

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