University of Tehran Law Quarterly 2588-5618 42 1 2012 03 20 STANDARD OF PROOF IN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE STANDARD OF PROOF IN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 161 179 29822 10.22059/jlq.2012.29822 FA Seyed Hossein Sadat Meidani Journal Article 1970 01 01 There is no provision in the Statute and the Rules of the Court with respect to the standard of proof. Furthermore, the Court has not introduced any standard for proving the claims in many of its past factual-based cases. However, it is noticed that in order to establish somehow a predictable conduct in the field of fact-finding, the Court has enlighten aspects of this issue during the recent years. As it is elaborated through the jurisprudence of the Court no one could extract a unified a standard to establish the facts and claims in the proceedings before the Court and the standard depend on the subject of the case. It might be expressed that there is a direct relation between the subject of the case and the degree of proof, in a way that when the claim of applicant State is exceptional, a higher level of proof was needed. There is no provision in the Statute and the Rules of the Court with respect to the standard of proof. Furthermore, the Court has not introduced any standard for proving the claims in many of its past factual-based cases. However, it is noticed that in order to establish somehow a predictable conduct in the field of fact-finding, the Court has enlighten aspects of this issue during the recent years. As it is elaborated through the jurisprudence of the Court no one could extract a unified a standard to establish the facts and claims in the proceedings before the Court and the standard depend on the subject of the case. It might be expressed that there is a direct relation between the subject of the case and the degree of proof, in a way that when the claim of applicant State is exceptional, a higher level of proof was needed. https://jlq.ut.ac.ir/article_29822_9d0e1e2a665dfa352c027eafb048b0a5.pdf