The United Nations International Court held a hearing on Iran's illegal frozen asset case in Iran

On September 19, local time, the United Nations International Court held a hearing on Iran's sue in the United States illegally frozen its assets.

According to the information published by the official website of the International Court, on the 19th, the Iranian delegation was first stated by the Iranian delegation. The International Court will hold multiple rounds of hearing in the next week to listen to Iran and the United States.

The outside world is generally expected that the hearing will focus on the physical part of the case, which will mainly determine whether the Iranian central bank belongs to the "company" category listed in the "Friendly, Economic Relations and Consular Rights Treaty" signed by Iran in 1955, and then enjoy the corresponding corresponding Protection and fair treatment.

In April 2016, the US Federal Supreme Court ruled that the US government could use the frozen US $ 1.75 billion Iranian central bank assets for compensation and paid more than 1,000 people who were killed in terrorist attacks in "Iran".

Iran filed a lawsuit with the International Court in June of the same year, accusing the United States' approach to violate the Treaty of Friendship, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights, and asked the United States to return this asset. Iran determines in the complaint that Iran and Iranian state -owned enterprises are not under the jurisdiction of US courts.

Until February 2019, the trial of the case has been in a preliminary stage. The United States and Iraqi explained their own views through written and oral statements to debate the jurisdiction and acceptability of the International Court. In February 2019, the International Court made a preliminary objections to make a judgment, announcing that the case was formally jurisdiction, and the case was acceptable.

Former UNISTARaf issue International Criminal Court (former South Criminal Court) former legal official and international law expert Chen Chuqing told the heads of the heads that the United States has always implemented relative sovereign exemptions. Through a series of domestic laws such as the "Foreign Sovereign Law" and its amendments, the United States has set up the "Territory Conditions" for sovereignty exemption. Based on this, the United States unilaterally freeze, keeps, and dispose of assets such as Iran and other countries.

"At present, only the" Terrorism Territory Conditions "of the United States and Canada has set up sovereignty exemptions. State sovereign exemption is a central pillar of international order. The series of legislations of the" Terrorism "in the United States do not meet the general acceptance of international law principles. Many international law experts believe that this move does not meet the international customs law of sovereignty exemption, and some people think that this move is based on the name of "punishing fear" and the truth of hegemony. "Chen Chuqing said.

At present, the International Court has not given the timetable for the next trial and related judgments of the case.

The International Court is a major judicial organ in the United Nations and is responsible for resolving legal disputes between countries in accordance with international law. The ruling of the international court is legal binding, but it cannot be enforced by the parties.

Source: CCTV News

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