Non-Proliferation Treaty

A victory for humanity

January 21, 2021 11 mins read Analysis / Conduct of Hostilities / Humanitarian Action / Law and Conflict / Weapons Peter Maurer & Yoshiharu Otsuka

The landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force on Friday, ...

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons one year on: Reflections from Hiroshima

September 20, 2018 6 mins read Law and Conflict / Stories / Weapons Helen Durham

Today marks one year since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was declared open for signature. Its adoption confirmed that a ...

“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”

October 20, 2016 9 mins read Humanitarian Action / Review-related / Weapons Prof. Tilman Ruff, founding chair of ICAN

Selected passages from Professor Tilman Ruff’s speech, delivered at the Australian launch of The human cost of nuclear weapons, Melbourne, 10 October 2016. ...