ICJ’s Ruling on Kulbhushan Jadhav

Acting on an Indian petition, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague wrote to the Pakistan government to, effectively, put on hold the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the retired Indian Navy officer who was convicted of espionage charges by a Pakistan military court.

The Judgment

What the court said?

• Pakistan shall take all measures at its disposal to ensure that Jadhav is not executed pending the final decision in the proceedings.

On whether the Court had jurisdiction to hear the case

• The Court recalled that India had argued that Article I of the Optional Protocol to the ....