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Legal expert backs attempt to block Trident renewal - Sunday Herald, 1 Feb 2009

By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor

Protesting ‘is the right of every citizen’, says judge

THE UK government's plan to maintain nuclear weapons on the Clyde will this week be condemned as cruel, criminal and barbaric by one of the world's leading legal experts.

At a major conference discussing Trident on Tuesday, the former vice-president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), judge Christopher Weeramantry, below, will back attempts by the Scottish government to remove nuclear warheads from Scottish soil.

He will also argue that non-violent resistance to nuclear weapons can be justified in international law. Trying to protect humanity from the ultimate catastrophe of a nuclear war is every citizen's right, he will say.

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Relevant links:

Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy  http://www.acronym.org.uk/
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre  http://www.peaceandjustice.org.uk/
Trident Ploughshares  http://www.tridentploughshares.org
World Court Project  http://www.lcnp.org/wcourt/index.htm