SRES 78 · 93th Congress · International Affairs

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to access to 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 States parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice to amend the Statute to authorize that Court to accept jurisdiction of cases it deems appropriate so as : (1) to permit private individuals, business organizations, and other legal entities or persons to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court, and to be parties in cases before the Court in disputes arising between private individuals, business organizations, and other legal entities or persons from different States; (2) to provide that decrees and judgments of the Interntional Court of Justice arrived at under (1) above shall be given full faith and credit by the courts of any State accepting jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice; and (3) to permit all parties in any civil action brought in any court of any State accepting jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to petition the International Court of Justice for the removal of such action to the International Court of Justice or any regional court thereof.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican