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From CommonDreams.org:
“Small Island Nation Takes Superpowers to Court over Nukes
Three of the Marshall Islands’ lawsuits, alleging nuclear weapons arsenals violate international law, moved forward in international court on Monday
by Nika Knight, staff writer, Published on Monday, March 07, 2016

‪Decades after parts of its territory were “vaporized” by United States nuclear testing, the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Monday launched an international court battle against nuclear superpowers.‬

‪The Pacific island country has sued nine nations for violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signed in 1970, and now three of those lawsuits are proceeding in the International Court of Justice in the Hague.‬

Britain, India, and Pakistan have agreed to take part in the proceedings. The other defendants—the U.S., France, Russia, Israel, China, and North Korea—declined to participate. While India and Pakistan are…