The Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is daily losing territory due to the effects of global warming, filed suit in the International Court of Justice against nine nuclear weapons countries: Israel, France, England, China, Russia, Peoples Republic of North Korea, Pakistan, USA and India. The suit claims that these countries have failed to fulfill their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and have committed flagrant violations of „customary international law.“ In 1996 the International Court of Justice stated that „an obligation existed to bring the disarmament negotiations to a conclusion.“ It is likely that the International Court of Justice will rule in favor of the Marshall Islands and require these states to dismantle their nuclear weapons.