The ICJ held that America violated international law both by supporting the contras in their insurrection against the Nicaraguan government and by mining Nicaragua’s harbors. But the US prevented Nicaragua from obtaining any compensation by vetoing UN Security Council resolutions that called for enforcement of the ICJ’s judgment.
当时国际法庭裁定美国支持尼反政府武装叛乱推翻尼加拉瓜政府和在尼加拉瓜港口布雷的行为均违反国际法。但联合国安理会呼吁执行国际法院判决的决议却遭到美国否决，致使尼加拉瓜未能得到任何补偿。