Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure 165
mdsolar (1045926) writes "The tiny Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands, scene of massive U.S. nuclear tests in the 1950s, sued the United States and eight other nuclear-armed countries on Thursday, accusing them of failing in their obligation to negotiate nuclear disarmament. The Pacific country accused all nine nuclear-armed states of 'flagrant violation of international law' for failing to pursue the negotiations required by the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It filed one suit specifically directed against the United States, in the Federal District Court in San Francisco, while others against all nine countries were lodged at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, capital of the Netherlands, a statement from an anti-nuclear group backing the suits said. The action was supported by South African Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation said."
Good luck with that (Score:4, Funny)
Bye bye boys!
Have fun storming the castle.
(think it'll work?)
(it would take a miracle...)
Bye Byyyye
Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)
The Islands depend on US aid so this is biting the hand that feeds them.
However... the US respects the law and the treaties they sign.
If there is a legal dispute and they want to take the US to court, then let them take the US to court.
As for whether the US government will abide by any ruling of the court... probably not, due to lack of jurisdiction.
I've heard of "suing for peace"... (Score:5, Funny)
but this isn't quite how it works.
Re:The Hague, Capital of the Netherlands (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, yeah... tl;dr. Not interesting if you're living in New York, capital of the USA.