Legality Of The Threat Or Use Of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996
- IJLLR Journal
- Oct 15
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Devesh Kumar, Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla
BENCH
President Bedjaoui; Vice-President Schwebel; Judges Oda, Guillaume, Shahabuddeen, Weeramantry, Ranjeva, Herczegh, Shi, Fleischhauer, Koroma, Vereshchetin, Ferrari Bravo, Higgins; Registrar Valencia-Ospina.
QUESTION BEFORE THE COURT
Pursuant to Article 96, paragraph, of the Charter of the United Nations, the court requested the International Court of Justice urgently to render its advisory opinion on the following question: ‘Is the threat or use of nuclear weapons in any circumstance permitted under international law’?
STATES WHICH FILLED THE WRITTEN STATEMENT
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Qatar, Russian Federation, Samoa, San Marino, Solomon Islands, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America. In addition, written comments on those written statements were submitted by the following States: Egypt, Nauru, and Solomon Islands. Upon receipt of those statements and comments, the Registrar communicated the text to all States having taken part in the written proceedings.
On 20 October 1995, the Republic of Nauru requested the Court’s permission to withdraw the written comments submitted on its behalf in a document entitled ‘Response to submissions of other States’.
