Savaş Kanunları Nelerdir? Nükleer Silahların Tehdit Veya Kullanım Yasallığı

Year 2016, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 63 - 77, 12.02.2016

Onur İzmir

https://doi.org/10.23834/isrjournal.251515

Abstract

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.

Keywords

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

Abstract

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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