@article{article_251515, title={What are The Laws of War? Legality of The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons}, journal={The Journal of International Scientific Researches}, volume={1}, pages={63–77}, year={2016}, DOI={10.23834/isrjournal.251515}, author={İzmir, Onur}, keywords={International Court of Justice,International Humanitarian Law,Armed conflict,Biologic,Chemical,Nuclear weapons}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:14.2pt;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-us">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 </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> UN General Assembly </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> to
International Court of Justice (ICJ) From this point, in this study is analyzed </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> 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. </span> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Salih YILDIZ}