Savaş Kanunları Nelerdir? Nükleer Silahların Tehdit Veya Kullanım Yasallığı

Genel olarak insan haklarına ve savaş zamanında sivillerin yaşam haklarına verilen artan önemle birlikte, bütün dünyayı ve içindeki tüm canlıları nüklüer silah kullanımının yol açtığı felaket ortamından kurtarmanın önemi sonunda anlaşılıyor. Bu çalışmanın çıkış noktası Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu tarafından Uluslararası Adalet Divanı'na yönlendirilen "Nüklüer silah tehdidi ya da kullanımı yasal mıdır?" sorusuna gitmektedir. Bu açıdan, bu çalışmada katılımcı devletelerin sözlü ve yazılı ifadeleri ile Uluslararası Adalet Divanı üyelerinin görüşlerinin araştırılması yoluyla nüklüer silah tehdidi ya da kullanımının yasallığı analiz edilmiştir. Sonuçta, Uluslararası Adalet Divanı belirsilikten dolayı yorum yapmayı kabul etmemesine rağmen, nüklüer silah tehdidi ya da kullanımının aslında uluslararası hukuka, silahlı çatışma prensiplerine ve uluslararası insan hakları yasasının prensip ve kurallarına aykırı olduğunu kabul etmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Uluslararası Adalet Divanı, Uluslararası İnsan Hakları, Silahlı çatışma, Biyolojik, Kimyasal, Nüklüer silahlar

What are The Laws of War? Legality of The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

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 UN General Assembly to International Court of Justice (ICJ) From this point, in this study is analyzed 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.

Keywords:

International Court of Justice, International Humanitarian Law, Armed conflict, Biologic, Chemical, Nuclear weapons,

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