International Court of Justice
(asked on 8th September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2026, to Question HL2133, on International Court of Justice, on how many occasions has the UK Government submitted (a) written submissions and (b) oral submissions to the International Court of Justice since July 2024, and on what matters.
Answered by
Chris Elmore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Since July 2024, the UK has made written submissions to the International Court of Justice in the following seven occasions, concerning five matters:
(1) "Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)" on 2 August 2024;
(2) "Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change" on 12 August 2024 and 20 December 2024;
(3) "Aerial Incident of 8 January 2020 (Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom v. Islamic Republic of Iran) on 16 October 2024 and 16 May 2025;
(4) "The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening)" on 3 March 2025;
(5) "Appeal relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Islamic Republic of Iran v. Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom) on 27 March 2026.
Since July 2024, the UK has delivered oral statements to the International Court of Justice on the following three occasions:
(1) "Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change" in December 2024;
(2) "Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory" in May 2025
(3) "Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87" in October 2025.