SRES 77 · 93th Congress · International Affairs

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.

Introduced 1973-03-01· Sponsored by Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Measure passed Senate, amended.(1974-05-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Makes it the sense of the Senate that the President should undertake negotiations with the States parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which have qualified their acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court, to have each party agree: (1) to declare and deposit a declaration under article 36 of the Statute, after ratification of the declaration in accordance with the constitutional processes of such party, that the party recognizes as compulsory ipso facto and without a special agreement, and without reservation, in relation to any other State accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in any legal dispute to which it is a party, in which the Security Council by an affirmative Vote of nine members, including eighty percent of the permanent members, has requested that the dispute be referred by the parties to the Court; and (2) that the declaration will not be subject to any other condition.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican