Diplomatic protection and human rights before the International Court of Justice: re-fashioning tradition?

The present article looks at the case law of the ICJ in the field of diplomatic protection to evaluate whether the approach of the Court to diplomatic protection has become more human rights-oriented in the last few years. The main argument the article presents is that, whereas the Court is hesitant in leading to a jurisprudential elaboration of diplomatic protection, the remedies ordered show a willingness of the Court to make diplomatic protection instrumental to the protection of human rights.