Development of Human Rights Generations in Decisions of the International Court of Justice

Human rights are the most fundamental rights intrinsic to the human nature as a human-being, which many international documents have dealt with it. The Charter of the UN is a very important document which dealt with the human rights form different aspects especially by the International Court of Justice which is one of the principal organs of the UN. Although, in terms of some limits on its jurisdiction, the ICJ can't deal with human rights disputes, but because of its general jurisdiction the court has referred to human rights law in some of its judgments. During its activities, the ICJ has made important decisions on the issue of human rights which are the fundamental rights and have persistent emphasis on the human dignity. In this article, we try to study the human rights from the point view of the international court of justice decisions.