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The World Court (officially, the International Court of Justice) is
a [[United Nations]] agency which still operates in 2100 A.D. Indeed, it
may be a more powerful institution than it was before the partial collapse
of the U.N.

The World Court meets in The Hague, in the [[Netherlands]]. It has
15 judges, who (since the 2044 reforms to the U.N. Charter) are elected
by the General Assembly acting alone. Many nations who have
stopped participation in other U.N. activities continue to support the
court; major examples include [[China]] and the [[United States]].

The primary function of the court is to render judgments regarding
international disputes. Any nations involved in a dispute may bring
it before the court, and in fact many nations have made blanket agreements
to subject all disputes of a certain kind to the court’s judgment.
The court cannot force any nation to submit to its judgment. Rulings
are made on the basis of existing international law, although (as with
all courts) the World Court sometimes makes new law when there is
no useful precedent. The court also issues advisory opinions when
consulted by other U.N. or international institutions.

The World Court has had little success in preventing warfare or
other violent conflicts – by the time a dispute reaches violence, the
parties are usually unwilling to submit to the court’s arbitration. Still,
it has often been able to resolve disputes involving boundaries, international
trade, treaties, and so on. If anything, the world’s nations have
brought such disputes to the court more often in recent decades. With
other global institutions in a state of decline, the court has built a reputation
as a fair and impartial arbitrator.

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