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HM ADVOCATE V (1) ANGELA ZELTER (2) BODIL ULLA RODER (3) ELLEN MOXLEY SUB NOM LORD ADVOCATE'S REFERENCE NO.1 OF 2000 2001 (2001)

PUBLISHED March 30, 2001
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The United Kingdom's peace time deployment of nuclear weapons did not breach international customary law because: (i) the threat and use of such weapons was only outlawed in war time; and (ii) the minatory element in such deployment lacked the specific target required for it to constitute a threat in international customary law.

HCJ Appeal (Lord Prosser, Lord Kirkwood, Lord Penrose)

30/03/2001

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