Christopher Gregory Weeramantry was a Sri Lankan lawyer and judge who lived from 17 November 1926 to 5 January 2017, born and later dying in Colombo. He served as a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon from 1967 to 1972 before becoming Sir Hayden Starke Professor of Law at Monash University in Australia from 1972 to 1991. He was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice in 1991 and served until 2000, holding the office of Vice-President from 1997 to 2000, and he wrote extensively afterward on international law, human rights and peace education.
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What was Christopher Weeramantry's position in the 1996 International Court of Justice nuclear weapons opinion?
He dissented in 1996 and held that nuclear weapons are illegal in any circumstances whatsoever.
When the International Court of Justice gave its 1996 advisory opinion on nuclear weapons, Christopher Weeramantry was a dissenting voice. He disagreed with the majority's decision to leave undetermined the legality of one area of the use of nuclear weapons. He recognised that the exception would in practice be widely used by the nuclear-weapon states, and he categorically asserted their illegality in any circumstances whatsoever.
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He also served as an emeritus professor at Monash University and as the president of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms.
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Sri Lankabhimanya Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, AM (17 November 1926 - 5 January 2017) was a Sri Lankan lawyer who was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its vice-president from 1997 to 2000.
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In 1991, he was appointed as a Judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, becoming its vice-president in 1997. He presided as vice-president over several important cases before the court, including a case on the illegality of the use and threatened use of nuclear weapons. From 2000 to 2002 he served the ICJ as an ad hoc judge.
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Weeramantry was a judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka from 1967 to 1972.
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Wikidata Q741091, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1926
Wikidata Q741091, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1926-11-17
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P570 (date of death): 2017
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P570 (date of death): 2017-01-05
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P19 (place of birth): Colombo
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P20 (place of death): Colombo
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