Decisions of international courts and arbitrators, as well as judgments of national courts, are fundamental elements of modern public international law. The International Law Reports is the only publication in the world wholly devoted to the regular and systematic reporting in English of such decisions. It is therefore an absolutely essential work of reference. Volume 197 contains the 2019 International Court of Justice judgment on the merits in the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), 2020 judgment of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States in Incorporated Trustees of Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative v. Nigeria and 2020 judgment of English High Court in Re Al M (Assurances and Waiver).