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56 Tex. Int'l L. J. 1 (2021)
The International Court of Justice and Ethnic Conflicts: Challenges and Opportunities

handle is hein.journals/tilj56 and id is 13 raw text is: THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES DR. POK YIN S. CHOW ABSTRACT Minority groups and stateless nations have traditionally been the targets of brutal state violence. Nevertheless, these groups do not have standing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and therefore cannot hold a violating State accountable when political bodies, such as the Security Council, fail to intervene. Their inability to do so has led to the misimpression that the work of the ICJ is irrelevant to protecting minority groups at times of ethnic conflict; this has lead to a void in the existing literature regarding the ICJ's role in this matter. This article intends to correct this misperception and fill the gap in the literature. ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................................... 1 IN T R O D U C T IO N .......................................................................................................... 2 I. MINORITY RIGHTS PROTECTION IN CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ITS RELEVANCE TO ETHNIC CONFLICTS................. 4 A. Post-World War II Protections of Minority Groups ........................................ 6 II. THE CASE LAW OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AND ITS CONTINUING RELEVANCE IN ETHNIC CONFLICTS ................................. 7 A . The Right to Exist as a Group ........................................................................... 7 B. The Right to Self-D eterm ination ...................................................................... 10 C. The Right to be Free from Systematic Discrimination ................................... 13 D. The Right to the Preservation ofIdentity and Heritage ................................. 15 III. LIMITATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EMERGING TRENDS ........................ 18 A. Continuing Challenges and Limitations ........................................................ 18 B. Promising Trends and Opportunities............................................................. 21 I. Provisional M easures................................................................................ 21 II. Erga O m nes P artes.................................................................................. 25 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 31 1

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