Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
By a letter dated 19 December 1994, the Secretary-General of the United Nations officially communicated to the Registrar of the International Court of Justice the decision taken by the General Assembly of the United Nations to submit the question of the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons to the Court for an advisory opinion. The General Assembly noting, inter alia, that Article 96, paragraph 1, of the United Nations Charter empowers the General Assembly to request the Court to give an advisory opinion on any legal question, decided to request the Court to urgently render its advisory opinion on the question: "Is the threat or use of nuclear weapons in any circumstances permitted under international law?"
Recommended Citation
Ouchi, Kazuomi, "The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: Discernable Legal Policies of the Judges of the International Court of Justice" (1998). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 297.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/297
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