US authorities consider their country above international law especially when it comes to abiding by jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Iran’s recent complaint, says a commentator.
On October 3, the UN’s top court issued a ruling, reprimanding the US over its re-imposition of sanctions on Iran and ordering Washington to lift restrictive measures linked to humanitarian trade, food, medicine and civil aviation.
Edward Corrigan, international lawyer, told Press TV on Friday that “the United States does not accept the jurisdiction of the court (ICJ) and they think they are above the law to do whatever they want; so, they refuse to act on this.”
“Without an army or some sort of police force to back it up, it is not really an effective vehicle that makes strong political statement and legal statement, but of course unless the Security Council and the General Assembly and the other nations around the world would…