US sees itself above intl. law: Pundit
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 support it and back it up, it is basically a symbolic gesture and it is not going to either get the Americans to abide by the decision.”
The Hague ruling was announced more than two months after Iran complained to the ICJ in July that US President Donald Trump’s re-imposition of unilateral sanctions against Tehran following Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was in violation of the Treaty of Amity, a 1955 treaty between Iran and the US.
In response to the ICJ ruling, Washington announced it would quit the 1955 treaty, which had established economic relations and consular rights between Tehran and Washington at the time it was signed between the countries.
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