Russian Federation
A.G. Khodakov
At the time of the International Court of Justice’s consideration of this case, A.G. Khodakov was director of the legal department in Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from an oral presentation on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons made by Director Khodakov before the International Court of Justice at The Hague on November 10, 1995.The Russian Federation is convinced that international law at this very moment does not contain any general ban on the threat or use of nuclear weapons per se (notwithstanding the general ban on the threat or use of…
