between sovereign states and such other entities as have been granted

international personality (status acknowledged by the international

community). The rules of international law are of a normative

character, that is, they prescribe towards conduct, and are

potentially designed for authoritative interpretation by an

international judicial authority and by being capable of enforcement

by the application of external sanctions. The International Court of

Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, which

succeeded the Permanent Court of International Justice after World

War II. Article 92 of the charter of the United Nations states:

The International Court of justice shall be the principal

judicial organ of the United nations. It shall function in accordance

with the annexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the

Permanent court of International Justice and forms an integral part of

The commands of international law must be those that the

states impose upon themselves, as states must give

law, material interdependence, especially among the states of

contribution to the development of international law. It's judgments

The Court also held that the concept of preferential rights in

that mankind needs to conserve the living resources of the sea and

must respect these resources. The Court observed:

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