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International Associated Council of Justice
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last update: 21 December 2025, 18:38 GMT
Overview
The International Associated Council of Justice (IACJ, or International Council; Atlish: Wereld Fylgeradsbord æv Rihtways, WFR) is an organisation of three international courts of law, which was founded in 1953, following the end of the Fascist Wars. It comprises of the:
- International Court of Arbitration (ICA) – a court centred around settling international disputes between member states, providing an external answer to legal questions. These includes issues of border disputes (maritime and land), resource disputes, and definitions of terms such as genocide (and their applicability to Eras-world events).
- International Court of Justice and Criminal Affairs (ICJC) – a court centred around the prosecution of individual persons for unsanctioned conduct, such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against the administration of justice, and crimes of aggression, and the protection of its jurisdictions’ citizens from these acts. This court aims to bolster and advise, rather than substitute or replace, national domestic legal systems, with its only full intervention being in circumstances where that nation’s domestic legal system is unwilling to accede.
- International Court of Human Rights (ICHR) – a court that answers human rights complaints of citizens within its jurisdiction, aiming on protecting the Universal Declaration of the Rights of the World Citizen (UDRWC; either background canon similar to ECHR/ACHR, or written possibly in the near future). This court is a later arm, being formed [sometime between ~1960 and ~2025.]
History and Foundation
Following the conclusion of the Fascist Wars, and the defeat of the Dominion and its allies, leading politicians, lawyers, and other public figures of note held a number of meetings in world cities, on the establishment of internationally-spanning bodies that would both aim to settle disputes early before they erupt (hence the ICA), and would prosecute those responsible for unjustifiable contraventions of basic human decency (hence the ICJC).
On 2 September, 1952, the Convention of International Justice (CIJ) was signed by world nations after a week of deliberation at the World Peace Conference, which provided explicitly for the formation of the ICA and ICJC. The ICA began work in April 1953, being hosted in Eamont, whilst the ICJC began work the following month. The ICHR [TBD, but before AN formation…]
Appointment Process
There are a total of 15 judges on the ICJC and 21 on the ICA, and one judge on the ICHR for each member with full jurisdiction. The ICHR grants member states near-total autonomy over selecting their representative judge.
Elections for one-third of both the ICA and ICJC are held every three years. For each court, each nation may recommend up to 4 judges in total for both (ICA and ICJC) courts, with a limit of 2 out of that allocation per court. There is then a two-week “screening” process for judges, which mainly comprises a cooldown between nomination and voting, to prevent a race for nominations, but also features hearings, examination of credentials and qualifications, a conflict-of-interest statement, and full declarations, which the ICA and ICJC both have an advisory committee to administer. The representative nominee must then receive both an assenting vote from an absolute majority of individual member states, and an assenting vote from a number of states equating to a majority of the population of those under the jurisdiction of the court, with the five nominees who have crossed this threshold being selected from having the most votes. Each committee also has the power to exclude or include a nation – from nomination, and/or re-nomination, or voting – based on unsatisfactory/newly satisfactory enforcement of the ICA and ICJC’s principles and rulings in their jurisdiction. Separately, committees may not exclude individual nominees for unsatisfactory qualifications (except in “objectively egregious circumstances”, e.g. lack of a qualifying law degree), but it may strongly advise against assent to that nominee. There is also a minimum of the following number of judges, on each of the ICA and ICJC: 5 from the Southern Hemisphere, 5 from the Eastern Hemisphere, and 5 from nations with a GDP (PPP) per capita of under 50,000. (This is a minimum limit, not a target.)
The ICHR has a rotating president elected from the member judges, with its committee controlling the exclusion and inclusion of nations and nominees in a similar manner to the ICA and ICJC – the threshold from exclusion from nomination is plainly “abandonment of jurisdiction”, while the threshold from exclusion from the election of a judge from that nation to the presidency or other offices (vice president, sectoral leader) is limited alternatively to “jurisdiction not conforming with the general principles of the ICHR”; in practice, the latter is slightly lower than the former, with both being very high thresholds only used reluctantly to nations that enforce the ICHR in name only, while the committee may cite a “mitigating circumstance” to deviate from this (e.g. the nominee by the state dissents from the non-compliance of that state).
OOC Application:
Spots for judges etc. are first-come-first-serve, though there are some modest caps as outlined earlier to stop overrepresentation of core regions or rich countries.
You can apply for up to 2 spots on each of the ICA and ICJC (but these are optional!), while your country is allocated a representative on the ICHR automatically if you adhere to its rulings and jurisdiction.
I'll attach a spreadsheet here with the list of judges when the time comes.
Code:
[b]Nation Name:[/b]
[size=5][b]International Court of Arbitration (ICA)[/size]
Does your nation recognise the jurisdiction of the ICA, and abide by its rulings?[/b] [Aye / No / Kinda] - if kinda, please explain more!
[b]Are you applying for a spot, or two spots, on the ICA?:[/b] [Aye, 2 / Aye, 1 / No]
[b]Where applicable:[/b] -
[b]Name of the first nominee:[/b] -
[b]Notes:[/b] [Put anything you want here about that nominee]
[b]Name of the second nominee:[/b] -
[b]Notes:[/b] -
[size=5][b]International Court of Justice and Criminal Affairs (ICJC)[/size]
Does your nation recognise the jurisdiction of the ICJC, enforce its warrants for arrest, and abide by its rulings?[/b] [Aye / No / Kinda] - if kinda, please explain more!
[b]Are you applying for a spot, or two spots, on the ICJC?:[/b] [Aye, 2 / Aye, 1 / No]
[b]Where applicable:[/b] -
[b]Name of the first nominee:[/b] -
[b]Notes:[/b] [Put anything you want here about that nominee]
[b]Name of the second nominee:[/b] -
[b]Notes:[/b] -
[size=5][b]International Court of Human Rights (ICHR)[/size]
[b]Does your nation recognise the jurisdiction of the ICHR, and abide by its rulings?[/b] [Aye / No / Kinda] - if kinda, please explain more!
[b]If applicable:[/b] -
[b]Name of your nation's appointed judge:[/b] -
[b]Notes: [Put anything you want here about that nominee][/b] -Example application
Nation Name: Great Sutherland, the Commonwealth of
International Court of Arbitration (ICA)
Does your nation recognise the jurisdiction of the ICA, and abide by its rulings? [Aye]
Are you applying for a spot, or two spots, on the ICA?: [Aye, 2]
Where applicable:
Name of the first nominee: Milton Harland-Smyþe (b. 02/03/1955)
Notes: ICA judge since 2019; Former judge on the Constitutional Court of Sutherland (2011-2017) and High Court of Walsey (2009-2011), Ambassador to Lyvenntia (2004-2009), Professor at the United Lorestead of Eamont (2002-2004), Judge at the County Court of Lansing (1996-2000), Independent lawyer (1976-1996, 2000-2002)
Name of the second nominee: Wilfred Lloyd (b. 08/12/1966)
Notes: ICA judge since 2025; Lawerne to the Redery for International Business (2016-2024), Professor in International Trade Law at the Lorestead of Brunswyk (2010-2014), Ambassador to the FSO (2007-2010), Judge on the High Court of Brunsett (1997-2005), Independent lawyer (1988-1996, 2014-2016), Lawerne to the Underredery of Agriculture (1996-1997)
International Court of Justice and Criminal Affairs (ICJC)
Does your nation recognise the jurisdiction of the ICJC, enforce its warrants for arrest, and abide by its rulings? [Aye]
Are you applying for a spot, or two spots, on the ICJC?: [Aye, 2]
Where applicable:
Name of the first nominee: Audrey Murgætroyd (b. 22/02/1949)
Notes: ICJC judge since 2007; Former judge on the High Court of Westmorland (1996-2004) and Borough Court of Arkenwell (1993-1996), Professor in International Law at the Lorestead of Irwell (2004-2011) and of Criminal Law at Maltash (2011-2020), Lawerne to the Ellandsredery (2020-2022), Eutavian High Court (HCEC) judge (2022-2025), Independent lawyer (1970-1988), Lawerne to the provincial Westmorland government (1988-1993)
Name of the second nominee: Lissandri Riavez (b. 05/05/1975)
Notes: ICJC judge since 2022; Sutherland Ambassador to the Association of Nations (2021-2022), Ambassador to Caminia (2015-2021), Professor in International Law at the Universitât Libare di Rosalia (ULR, 2012-2015)
International Court of Human Rights (ICHR)
Does your nation recognise the jurisdiction of the ICHR, and abide by its rulings? [Aye]
If applicable:
Name of your nation's appointed judge: Caolán Sweeney (b. 30/06/1963)
Notes: ICHR judge since 2016; Former judge on the Constitutional Court of Sutherland (2009-2014), and the High Court of Tìr (2002-2009), Ambassador to Ultramont (1999-2001) and Anmativeda (2001-2002), Judge on the Rule of Law Tribunal of Blencathra following the conclusion of the Cogadh conflict (1996-1999), Trustee on the Board for Public Law and Policy Research (1992-1996), lecturer at the University of Stranghaven (1985-1990) and professor of International Human Rights Law therein (1990-1992)
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