Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons: Preliminary remarks

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There are some questions which one would prefer not to raise. The legality of the use of nuclear weapons in war is surely a case in point.

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Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons: Preliminary remarks author: Yves Sandoz

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