The Human Rights at the advisory opinion on nuclear weapons of 1996
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https://doi.org/10.46661/revintpensampolit.4775Keywords:
International Court of Justice, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Lotus principle, non liquet principleAbstract
In the Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996, the International Court of Justice was required to decide on whether it was legal the threath or use of nuclear weapons under International Law, its decision supposed an essential precedent concerning the prevention of Human Rights as a principle of International Law. The decision of the Court remembered the importance of ensuring the compliance of the Human Rights by means of the excercise of their internal rules. In this paper will analyse regarding this advisory opinion, its jurisprudential background and its subsequent impact on the rules of International Law.
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