International Legal Limits In Nuclear Weapons Testing: Ecological Aspect
Keywords:
nuclear weapons, nuclear testing, environment, international treaty.Abstract
In the article it is researched the modern condition of the international legal provision of environmental protection from nuclear weapons testing consequences. With this aim the author analyses the regulations of separate international treaties establishing the limits for nuclear weapon testing (among them the Convention on the High Seas (1958), the Antarctic Treaty (1959), the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water (1963), the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (1967), the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968), the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil thereof (1971), the Treaty on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests (1974), the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (1996)), as well as international court practice in this area.
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