Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America)

ICJ Reports 1986, p. 14 · International Court of Justice

The prohibition of the use of force and of intervention exist in customary law independently of the Charter; U.S. support to the contras violated those rules.

From topic

Article 38 sources: treaties, custom, general principles and subsidiary means — Unit I, Public International Law.

Related sections:

Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(a) — International conventions
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(b) — International custom as evidence of a general practice accepted as law
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(c) — General principles of law recognised by civilised nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(d) — Judicial decisions and teachings as subsidiary means