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ICJ/546

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES ADVISORY OPINION ON LEGALITY OF THREAT OR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

8 July 1996


Press Release
ICJ/546


INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES ADVISORY OPINION ON LEGALITY OF THREAT OR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

19960708 THE HAGUE, 8 July (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice today handed down its advisory opinion on the request made by General Assembly resolution 49/75 K, of 15 December 1994, on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons.

According to the opinion, the Court:

L/2791

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ANNOUNCES THREE NEW INDICTMENTS

25 June 1996


Press Release
L/2791


INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ANNOUNCES THREE NEW INDICTMENTS

19960625 ARUSHA, United Republic of Tanzania, 24 June -- The following communiqué was issued today by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda:

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, sitting as Judge Tafazzal Hossain Khan, reviewed on 20 June 1996 three indictments submitted by the Prosecutor and transmitted by the Deputy Registrar, Hughes Vérita.

L/2790

THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 17 JUNE - 5 JULY

13 June 1996


Press Release
L/2790


THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 17 JUNE - 5 JULY

19960613

GENEVA, 10 June (UN Information Service) -- The thirty-second session of the International Law Seminar, organized every year since 1965 by the United Nations Office at Geneva on the occasion of the annual session of the International Law Commission, will take place at the Palais des Nations from 17 June to 5 July.