International courts (ICs) have found themselves dealing with issues that are ‘political’ in nature. This paper discusses the techniques of avoidance ICs have developed to navigate such highly political or sensitive issues. The first part discusses some of the key rationales for avoidance. Drawing on the discussion of the political question doctrine in US constitutional law, it shows how ICs may justify avoidance on both principled and pragmatic grounds. It then discusses the different types of avoidance strategies employed by ICs, based on examples from the Court of Justice of the European Union, the International Court of Justice and the East African Court of Justice. ICs are rarely upfront about avoidance strategies. Rather, ICs tend to avoid cases in a more subtle fashion, relying on procedural rules to exclude a case, or by resolving the dispute in a way that avoids the most politically sensitive questions and controversies.

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回避模式：国际法庭上的政治问题

国际法院 (IC) 发现自己在处理具有“政治”性质的问题。本文讨论了 IC 为解决此类高度政治或敏感问题而开发的回避技术。第一部分讨论了避免的一些关键理由。借鉴美国宪法中对政治问题学说的讨论，它展示了 IC 如何在原则性和实用性的基础上证明回避是正当的。然后，根据欧盟法院、国际法院和东非法院的例子，讨论了 IC 采用的不同类型的回避策略。IC 很少主动提出回避策略。相反，IC倾向于以更微妙的方式避免案件，依靠程序规则排除案件，