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Regina (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) v. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Secretary of State for Defence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
Abstract
Relationship of international law and municipal law — In general — Whether rights arising between States on plane of international law enforceable in municipal courts — Treaties — Charter of the United Nations — Resolutions of United Nations Security Council — Whether forming part of United Kingdom law — Justiciability — Whether courts of one State entitled to determine rights and obligations of another State under international agreements — Whether decisions regarding foreign policy subject to judicial review
War and armed conflict — Resort to force — Enforcement action — United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iraq — Resolutions 678 (1990), 687 (1991) and 1441 (2002) — Whether authorizing resort to force without a further decision of the Security Council — Whether question justiciable in a United Kingdom court — The law of England
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