IRRC No. 316

Nuclear weapons: a weighty matter for the International Court of Justice: Jura non novit curia?

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It is easy to heap scorn on the Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Court of Justice on 8 July 1996 on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. No great cerebral effort is required; one need only choose any of the numerous and often harsh criticisms to be found in the declarations and the separate or dissenting opinions that all fourteen judges present took care to formulate, whether they agreed with the whole of the decision or voted against any of its paragraphs.

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Nuclear weapons: a weighty matter for the International Court of Justice: Jura non novit curia? author: Luigi Condorelli

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The Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the use of nuclear weapons author: Eric David

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International humanitarian law and the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons author: Louise Doswald-Beck

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The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of nuclear weapons author: Hisakazu Fujita

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The Advisory Opinion on nuclear weapons and the contribution of the International Court to international humanitarian law author: Christopher Greenwood

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A non liquet on nuclear weapons — The ICJ avoids the application of general principles of international humanitarian law author: Timothy L.H. McCormack

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Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the use of nuclear weapons under international law — A few thoughts on its strengths and weaknesses author: Manfred Mohr

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The International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion in the Nuclear Weapons Cases — A first appraisal author: John H. McNeill

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