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Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal. The Historic Opinion of The World Court And How It Will Be Enforced

Author: Ann Ginger

The Apex Press, New York , 1998, pp. 561

Discusses the 1996 Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice on the illegality of nuclear weapons within the provisions of the UN Charter, by putting it into political and legal context. Includes the full text of the ICJ, as well as the separate opinions and dissents of the individual judges. It also provides an account of how NGOs and governments worked together toward the World Court’s decision.