Editing Nicaragua v. United States (section)

=== The ruling ===
On June 27, 1986, the Court made the following ruling:

The Court
# Decides that in adjudicating the dispute brought before it by the Application filed by the Republic of Nicaragua on 9 April 1984, the Court is required to apply the "multilateral treaty reservation" contained in proviso (c) to the declaration of acceptance of jurisdiction made under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court by the Government of the United States of America deposited on 26 August 1946;
# Rejects the justification of [[Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter#Article 51|collective self-defense]] maintained by the United States of America in connection with the military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua the subject of this case;
# Decides that the United States of America, by training, arming, equipping, financing and supplying the contra forces or otherwise encouraging, supporting and aiding military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua, has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligation under '''[[customary international law]] not to intervene in the affairs of another State''';
# Decides that the United States of America, by certain attacks on Nicaraguan territory in 1983–1984, namely attacks on [[Puerto Sandino]] on 13 September and 14 October 1983, an attack on [[Corinto, Nicaragua|Corinto]] on 10 October 1983; an attack on Potosi Naval Base on 4/5 January 1984, an attack on [[San Juan del Sur]] on 7 March 1984; attacks on patrol boats at Puerto Sandino on 28 and 30 March 1984; and an attack on [[San Juan de Nicaragua|San Juan del Norte]] on 9 April 1984; and further by those acts of intervention referred to in subparagraph (3) hereof which involve the use of force, has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligation under '''customary international law not to use force against another State''';
# Decides that the United States of America, by directing or authorizing overflights of Nicaraguan territory, and by the acts imputable to the United States referred to in subparagraph (4) hereof, has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligation under '''customary international law not to violate the sovereignty of another State''';
# Decides that, by laying mines in the internal or territorial waters of the Republic of Nicaragua during the first months of 1984, the United States of America has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligations under '''customary international law not to use force against another State, not to intervene in its affairs, not to violate its sovereignty and not to interrupt peaceful maritime commerce''';
# Decides that, by the acts referred to in subparagraph (6) hereof the United States of America has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligations under Article XIX of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Nicaragua signed at Managua on 21 January 1956;
# Decides that the United States of America, by failing to make known the existence and location of the mines laid by it, referred to in subparagraph (6) hereof, has acted in breach of its obligations under customary international law in this respect;
# Finds that the United States of America, by producing in 1983 a manual entitled '[[Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare|Operaciones sicológicas en guerra de guerrillas]]', and disseminating it to Contra forces, has encouraged the commission by them of acts contrary to general principles of [[international humanitarian law|humanitarian law]]; but does not find a basis for concluding that any such acts which may have been committed are imputable to the United States of America as acts of the United States of America;
# Decides that the United States of America, by the attacks on Nicaraguan territory referred to in subparagraph (4) hereof, and by declaring a general embargo on trade with Nicaragua on 1 May 1985, has committed acts calculated to deprive of its object and purpose the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956;
# Decides that the United States of America, by the attacks on Nicaraguan territory referred to in subparagraph (4) hereof, and by declaring a general embargo on trade with Nicaragua on 1 May 1985, has acted in breach of its obligations under Article XIX of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956;
# Decides that the United States of America is under a duty immediately to cease and to refrain from all such acts as may constitute breaches of the foregoing legal obligations;
# Decides that the United States of America is under an obligation to make reparation to the Republic of Nicaragua for all injury caused to Nicaragua by the breaches of obligations under customary international law enumerated above;
# Decides that the United States of America is under an obligation to make reparation to the Republic of Nicaragua for all injury caused to Nicaragua by the breaches of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956;
# Decides that the form and amount of such reparation, failing agreement between the Parties, will be settled by the Court, and reserves for this purpose the subsequent procedure in the case;
# Recalls to both Parties their obligation to seek a solution to their disputes by peaceful means in accordance with international law.<ref name="icj-cij.org"/>