Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion

ICJ Reports 1996, p. 226 · International Court of Justice

There is no comprehensive conventional prohibition; threat or use would generally be contrary to humanitarian law, with the Court unable to conclude on an extreme circumstance of self-defence.

From topic

UN Charter: collective security and the prohibition of force — Unit V, Public International Law.

Related sections:

Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 2(4) — Prohibition of the threat or use of force
Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 51 — Inherent right of individual or collective self-defence
Charter of the United Nations, 1945, 39–42 — Chapter VII: threats to the peace and Security Council measures