Decisions of Judicial and Arbitral Tribunals

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Though, Article 59 of the ICJ Statute states that, the decisions of the court are of no binding nature except for the parties and in respect of particular case. But still they are counted as indirect sources of international law.

Even the judicial decisions of a state can be treated as source of International law if it has the weight to be treated as precedent at international level or becomes a customary rule later on. In fact, the arbitral tribunals are objected from having considered as source of law as the cases there are decided by arbitrators and mediators not judges.