International Court of Justice: France vs. Australia 1974

The year is 1969, and the soot that falls across French Polynesia is not ash but rather nuclear atmospheric fallout from a French offshore nuclear testing site. As the cold war thickens, France continues to build and test their nuclear stockpile in the South Pacific, littering nuclear fallout and environmental damages across Oceania. In 1973, Australia brings a case before the International Court of Justice, demanding an end to France’s atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean. They argue that radioactive contamination threatens the environment and human health and as Australia seeks reparations, France continues their testing. Here, delegates will debate and discuss: Do the repercussions of testing in French territory violate international law? How can the ICJ enforce sovereign testing and prevent further harm to the Pacific Ocean? As the pollution and radiation seeps into every living thing, human to phytoplankton, how will you protect the health of the region? 

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