What Are The Laws Of War? Legalıty Of The Threat Or Use Of Nuclear Weapons

Journal Title: The Journal of International Scientific Researches - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

Along with the incremental concerns as to human rights in general and the right to life of the civilians in war times, the vitality of taking necessary actions to save whole planet and the livings in it from the catastrophic environment caused by nuclear weapons use is, at last, getting understood. The origin of this study goes back to the question "Is the threat or the use of nuclear weapon legal" directed by UN General Assembly to International Court of Justice (ICJ) From this point, in this study is analyzed the legality of the threat and use of the nuclear weapons by searching through oral and written statements of the participant states and points of view of the member of the International Court of Justice. In conclusion, although ICJ declined to leave a comment concerning the question due to the ambiguity, ICJ accepted that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is actually contrary to the rules of international law, armed conflict principles, and principles and rules of international humanitarian law.

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Onur İzmir

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Onur İzmir (2016). What Are The Laws Of War? Legalıty Of The Threat Or Use Of Nuclear Weapons. The Journal of International Scientific Researches, 1(1), 63-77. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-248156