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LCNP, in conjunction with the
International Association of Lawyers Against nuclear Arms (IALANA), the International
Peace Bureau (IPB) and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
(IPPNW) led World Court Project, a world-wide campaign that resulted in an historic opinion from the International Court of Justice ICJ) in
July 1996. The ICJ ruled that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally illegal,
and that states have an obligation to conclude negotiations on their elimination. For an
analysis of the opinion, see the book by LCNP executive director John Burroughs, The Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Guide to the
Historic Opinion of the International Court of Justice. For background and
several articles about the implications of the opinioin see The
International Law Framework for Nuclear Weapon Policy
LCNP is now leading efforts for implementing the ICJ decision in the US and
internationally.
Key developments include:
For general information and history concerning the International Court of Justice, see Howard Meyer,
The World Court in Action, and
a summary and review (pdf)
in the Santa Clara Law Review.
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World Court Project
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May 1,
2008, Geneva: Conference
on Good Faith, International Law, and Elimination
of Nuclear Weapons: The Once and Future Contributions
of the International Court of Justice
Aims and Contact Information
of the World Court Project to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Sign-on Statement
of Support
Nuclear
Weapons – Abolition Under the Law, Short Briefing
Paper on Return to the International Court of Justice
Return
to the International Court of Justice: A Strategy
to Break the Stalemate, IALANA memorandum, August
2007
Good Faith
Negotiation of Nuclear Disarmament, Elizabeth
Shafer, January 2008
Debating
Disarmament: Interpreting Article VI of the NPT,
Nonproliferation Review briefing, November 29, 2007,
with Christopher Ford, Nabil Fahmy, and John Burroughs
Sign-on
Affirmation of Nuclear Freedom
Please distribute the above materials widely.
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Audio for
Conference on Legal Accountability, Good Faith, and Nuclear Weapons,
Brussels, July 2006, with Judge Weeramantry, Peter Weiss, John
Burroughs, Alyn Ware
Peacerights
Legal Opinion Re UK Trident Nuclear Missile System (pdf),
Rabinder Singh, QC, and Prof. Christine Chinkin, December 19,
2005
Violations of Vanunu's rights
of expression and travel: legal brief (pdf),
June 2005
Sacred Earth & Space Ploughshares
Case: Report by Anabel Dwyer and Alyn Ware, February 2005
Sacred Earth & Space Ploughshares
Appeal, October 1, 2004
Abolition
2000 Europe - Declaration for a Nuclear Weapon Free World
Citizen Weapon Inspections Are Supported
by Law and Common Sense: Handout for Adopt-a-Silo, Colorado,
October 2, 2004
Articles Database-- a listing of articles, books, and
papers concerning the World Court Opinion.
Lessons of Hiroshima: A Response to Kristof, by Jacqueline Cabasso and John Burroughs, August 8, 2003
2002 Nuclear Posture Review: Strategic and Legal
Ramifications, by Charles J. Moxley Jr., April 16, 2002
International Legal Ramifications of DU Weapons, by Avril McDonald, June 14, 2003
Isn't It Time We Rejoin the
World Court, by Howard Meyer, May 26, 2003
The Lawfulness of "Low-Yield," Earth-penetrating
Nuclear Weapons by John Burroughs, January 20, 2003
WMD Strategy: President Promotes Use of Nuclear Weapons?
op-ed by John Burroughs, January 1, 2003
The International Court of Justice and the Scottish High
Court: Two Views of the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons by Peter Weiss pdf-file
Confusion Confounded: The High Court's Opinion on
the Lord Advocate's Reference in the Greenock Case by Peter Weiss
Survey and Analysis of Domestic Cases in
Which Defendants Raised the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (pdf)
Legal Norms in the Real World
The International Law Framework for Nuclear Weapon
Policy
Valentine's Day Blockade of
Trident
Judge Weeramantry's Dissent
Judge Weeramantry's Singular
Contribution to International Law
Scottish Court Acquits Plougshares
"Disarmers" on basis of World Court decision.
Independent (Oct 22):
"Britain's nuclear arsenal is illegal"
Guardian (Oct 22):"Women cleared as court
rules nuclear arms illegal"
Documents:
New York County Lawyers'
Association's Report on the Unlawfulness of the Use and Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons
(pdf)
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (full opinion)
Judges'Separate Statements
plus the Court's Opinion in French
Dispositif (Conclusions)of the International Court of Justice
Advisory Opinion
U.S. House Resolution on ICJ Decision
U.S. Lawyers Appeal on Trident
United Nations resolutions
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