I'm glad and surprised. I had expected a much less clear-cut ruling, the court possibly even refusing to give a judgement (and probably doing so at great length), in order to play it safe. And of course just havinog an ICJ advisory ruling in your back pocket may not actually help - Morocco is still in the Western Sahara, the wall still snakes across the West Bank. But it certainly does no harm.
ICJ rules on Kosovo
I'm glad and surprised. I had expected a much less clear-cut ruling, the court possibly even refusing to give a judgement (and probably doing so at great length), in order to play it safe. And of course just havinog an ICJ advisory ruling in your back pocket may not actually help - Morocco is still in the Western Sahara, the wall still snakes across the West Bank. But it certainly does no harm.
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