United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sir Nicholas Lyell
At the time of the International Court of Justice’s consideration of this case, Nicholas Lyell was the United Kingdom’s attorney general. The following is excerpted from an oral presentation on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons made by Sir Lyell before the International Court of Justice at The Hague on November 15, 1995.The United Kingdom has a deep interest in this extremely important matter and addresses the Court in three capacities: as a state that itself possesses nuclear weapons for its national defense and has done so for over 40 years; as a permanent member of…
