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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

International Legal Materials, 2018
Those who have been following international headlines for the past year can observe the increased prevalence of discussions on nuclear weapons, including between the United States and North Korea.
M. Lito
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A World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Transforming Terror, 2019
nuclear weapons today present tremendous dangers, but also an historic opportunity. U.S. leadership will be required to take the world to the next stage—to a solid consensus for reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally as a vital contribution to ...
George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, H. Kissinger, Sam Nunn   +3 more
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Nuclear weapons and the law*

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 1999
The history of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is summarized, with a discussion of some of its earlier Advisory Opinions. The Advisory Opinion on the legality of nuclear arms is considered in the light of the principles of international humanitarian law and a review of nuclear weapons effects.
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Nuclear Weapons

2009
Abstract This chapter analyses how the law of armed conflict applies to the possession and use of nuclear weapons, noting that no law of armed conflict treaty has been adopted which either prohibits or restricts the development, stockpiling, transfer, possession, or use of such weapons, or threats to use nuclear weapons.
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The humanitarian turn in nuclear disarmament and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

, 2018
On July 7, 2017, at the UN General Assembly, 122 states voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This was the culmination of the work of a global network of states and grassroots activists that emphasized the devastating ...
R. Gibbons
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Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1979
(1979). Einstein and the politics of nuclear weapons. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 5-16.
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Negotiating the UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and the role of ICAN

The 2017 Nuclear Ban Treaty, 2018
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is historic not only in its substance but in the process of its development. It was led by states free from nuclear weapons; based on humanitarian evidence and imperatives; involved civil society ...
T. Ruff
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A ‘light for all humanity’: the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and the progress of humanitarian disarmament

, 2018
Reframing nuclear weapons as a humanitarian issue revolutionised the diplomatic debate surrounding them, and in 2017, 122 countries adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Bonnie Docherty
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Impacts of the nuclear ban: how outlawing nuclear weapons is changing the world

The 2017 Nuclear Ban Treaty, 2018
The process to negotiate and adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has already had significant impacts on nuclear weapon law, politics, economics, and social and academic discourse.
R. Acheson
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Normalizing zero nuclear weapons: The humanitarian road to the Prohibition Treaty

, 2018
The nuclear age has come to be seen as “normal,” marked by a process of “nuclearism” whereby nuclear weapons and deterrence are seen as inevitable and acceptable elements of international security.
Marianne Hanson
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