Reserved Domain in the Awards of International Court of Justice

It has widely been accepted that no subject is irrevocably fixed within the reserved domain. The ICJ has been frequently faced with claim of reserved domain, whether in determining jurisdiction or merit. The ICJ standard in such claims is based on its precedent; it states that the clause “merely within the domestic jurisdiction domain” in in the case (issued commands in Tunes and Morocco), includes the cases which has not been regulated in the light of international law. According to the relativity of the concept of the reserved domain, a State cannot cite to its domestic provisions permanently in reply to alleged breach of its obligations under international law.