The International Court of Justice should decline to answer a UN request for advice on the status of occupied territory in the Middle East, the UK government told the court at a hearing on Friday afternoon. There was a “serious risk that the court may undermine its judicial function by giving an advisory opinion in such a context”, it added.
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