For example, the US had previously accepted the Court's compulsory jurisdiction upon its creation in 1946. However, after Nicaragua v. United States but in 1984, US withdrew its acceptance following the court's judgment that called on the US to ‘cease and to refrain’ from the ‘unlawful use of force’ against the government of Nicaragua. The court ordered the US to pay war reparations as US was ‘in breach of its obligation under the Treaty of Friendship with Nicaragua not to use force against Nicaragua. The judgments were delivered with only the American judge dissenting.
