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Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: Transparency and Denial as Complementary Approaches

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) remains a cornerstone of international disarmament but faces persistent challenges due to the absence of a verification regime and the dual-use nature of biological research.
Jaroslav Krasny
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Philadelphia Housing Action: Covid-19 Pandemic and Negotiating our Survival

Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2023
Philadelphia Housing Action is a group of experienced housing organizers formed at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. While the U.S. government made funds available for emergency housing, the city government refused to use it all while continuing to
Sterling Johnson
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Public Opinion and the Abolition or Retention of the Death Penalty Why is the United States Different? [PDF]

, 2014
What explains the difference between the United States and the many other countries that have abolished capital punishment? Because the United States and many other nations that have abolished the death penalty are democracies, there seems to be an ...
Beale, Sara Sun
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Synergistic Effects of Deterrence by Denial and Safeguards in the Biological Weapons Convention: Building on the History of International Nuclear Safeguards

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The notion of deterrence by denial has been introduced in relation to biosecurity. The goal of deterrence by denial in biosecurity extends beyond dissuading attacks. It also encompasses the protection of citizens in the event of an attack.
Kazuko Hikawa
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Biological Threat Deterrence by Denial: Implications for Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament Vision

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Japan, a proponent of nuclear disarmament, is facing criticism for adopting “nuclear deterrence” as its foreseeable security policy without providing a clear strategy for transitioning away from it.
Kazuko Hikawa
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Beyond Division in Nuclear Disarmament: An Interview with Ambassador Alexander Kmentt

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Ambassador Alexander Kmentt has led diplomatic work on disarmament, non-proliferation, focusing on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. A key architect of the humanitarian initiative and the TPNW, he chaired the First Meeting of States Parties in ...
Kimiaki Kawai
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Abolition, abolitions

Revue Possibles
Bien que l'été 2020 ait fait sortir le champ lexical de l’abolition et de l’abolitionnisme des petits milieux militants pour arriver dans l’espace public au Québec, l'histoire de la lutte abolitionniste ne date pas d'hier. Cet éditorial montre comment le système policier et carcéral s'est développé parallèlement au colonialisme, à l'esclavage, à l'anti-
Ted Rutland, Philippe Néméh-Nombré
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The role and implications of mammalian cellular circadian entrainment

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
At their most fundamental level, mammalian circadian rhythms occur inside every individual cell. To tell the correct time, cells must align (or ‘entrain’) their circadian rhythm to the external environment. In this review, we highlight how cells entrain to the major circadian cues of light, feeding and temperature, and the implications this has for our
Priya Crosby
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Defining what’s at stake: a person-centered approach to conceptualizing the health and social impacts of police violence in the United States

Frontiers in Public Health
The increasing efforts among public health researchers to examine the connections between police violence and health outcomes has resulted in growing discoveries about the implications for both direct and vicarious exposure as well as disparities by race
Jé Judson, Jé Judson, Mienah Z. Sharif
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Content of pardon and some doubts regarding its implementation [PDF]

Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 2017
The granting of a pardon to a person who has committed a criminal offence or who has been convicted of a criminal offence is an act of mercy vested in heads of the President of Republic. According to the Criminal Code, pardon shall release a specifically
Vuković Igor, Bajović Vanja
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