Examining the Potential Impact of the International Court of Justice's Judgment of 30 March 2023 on the Court's Future Judgment in the Case Concerning Alleged Violations of the Treaty of Amity

This is an article examining a question of international law arising from two related cases before the International Court of Justice concerning the 1955 Treaty of Amity. It asks how the Court's findings in its merits judgment of 30 March 2023 in the Certain Iranian Assets case might influence the outcome of the separate Alleged Violations of the Treaty of Amity case. The analysis proceeds in two directions: first, the potential impact on preliminary objections, and second, on substantive merits issues. The article is grounded in the Court's stated commitment to following its own prior jurisprudence.