Marshall Islands sues India over nuclear disarmament

Q.  Recently which country has taken India to the ICJ over nuclear disarmament issue?
- Published on 10 Mar 16

a. Marshall Islands
b. USA
c. Pakistan
d. Malaysia

ANSWER: Marshall Islands
 
  • The tiny Marshall Islands will seek to persuade the UN’s highest court to take up a lawsuit against India, Pakistan and Britain which they accuse of failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
  • In 2014, the Marshall Islands, a Pacific Ocean territory with 55,000 people, accused nine countries of “not fulfilling their obligations with respect to the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament”.
  • They included China, Britain, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, and the U.S.
  • But the court only admitted three cases brought against Britain, India and Pakistan because they already recognised the ICJ’s authority.
  • India has already made a written presentation to the ICJ reiterating that Marshall Islands’ argument of the NPT is not valid before India as it is not a signatory to the NPT.

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