국제분쟁에 대한 국제사법재판소 회부거부 사례연구 - 영유권 분쟁도서를 중심으로 -

A legal status of an island was legalized in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and as a result of that, all islands in the Convention enjoy the 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. So, many maritime features which were not concerned to the international society are becoming more important than before, especially due to the sovereignty over an island. The sovereignty over an island may be solved by an agreement among disputing parties based on principles and international law. However, this kind of traditional way to resolve has its own limit and accordingly, the parties prefer judicial settlement, namely instituting to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to the classical way. Therefore, this study based on the above backgrounds will focus on several cases study related to denial of the settlement by instituting to the ICJ, which wanted to solve the sovereignty over an island through the judicial decision. And then, the result of the study will be naturally connected to the Dokdo sovereignty issue between Korea and Japan. In particular, this study also conducts a research regarding the sovereignty over an island, which is similar to the Korean case and denied the institution to the ICJ for the settlement of the dispute. Thus, the study may suggest the possibility of judicial settlement of the Dokdo issue which can be raised in the future and also draw a conclusion on its legal limit.