Seventy years ago the International Court of Justice began its work of resolving international disputes in a bid to help maintain global peace and security.
The atrocities and devastation that formed the aftermath of World War Two cannot be understated.
More than 60 million people were believed dead, and cities and towns had turned to rubble in the second global conflagration in just over two decades.
It was that context that spurred the establishment of the United Nations and its judicial arm, the International Court of Justice. (ICJ)
It was a simple idea, an international court to arbitrate international disputes.
It has heard some of history's most contentious international disagreements, some involving Australia.
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