Bordes and Temeharo v. France

Abstract

Human rights — Right to life — Nuclear weapons — Testing of nuclear weapons — Whether French nuclear tests in the South Pacific constituting a threat to life — Whether residents of islands near test area victims of violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966

International tribunals — United Nations Human Rights Committee — Competence — Admissibility of communication — Requirement that author of communication be a victim of a violation — Matter simultaneously brought before two human rights tribunals