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The International Islamic Court of Justice: Towards an International Islamic Legal System?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

Abstract

The present article describes the dispute settlement system of the Organization of the Islamic Conference through the envisaged creation of the International Islamic Court of Justice. The Court's Statute, adopted in 1987, considers the Islamic Shari'ah or Islamic law as the fundamental law to be applied by the Court for the resolution of international disputes. Therefore, the Court will have a religious character considering a local religious code as the primary applicable law. The International Islamic Court of Justice has not yet been set up. Its creation might have the effect of grouping Islamic states under the same international judicial system, and of causing a strong political impact in respect of the relations with the State of Israel and of the Palestinian question.

Type
CURRENT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Copyright
© 2001 Kluwer Law International

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