The Minister of Foreign Affairs from Country A sends a message to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from Country B proposing that they take their dispute to the International Court of Justice. Several weeks later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs from Country B sends a reply to her counterpart from Country A agreeing to the proposal. Which of the following best describes the conditions under which the ICJ has jurisdiction to hear the case?

 

-The exchange of letters between the representatives of the two countries

-The fact that the dispute involves two independent countries and the ICJ automatically has jurisdiction over such matters

-There customary principle of Revision allows the Court to have jurisdiction over the case

-Fake news! The ICJ doesn't have jurisdiction over this case