Nuclear Weapons

This theme addresses the humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons, advocating for disarmament, victim assistance, and the prohibition of these weapons under international law to achieve a nuclear-free world.

Majority of governments vote for negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons

August 29, 2016 3 mins read Law and Conflict Ellen Policinski

The UN’s open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament (OEWG) adopted a recommendation which may lead to the negotiation of a treaty to prohibit ...

Life after the atomic bomb: Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors

August 9, 2016 17 mins read Interviews / Online publications / Review-related / Stories The editors

71 years ago today, the second atomic bomb fell on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. ...

Towards a humanitarian ban on nuclear weapons

August 4, 2016 10 mins read Humanitarian Action Elizabeth Minor

Over the past six years, a concerted effort by committed States, international organizations and civil society to reframe the international discourse on nuclear ...

Nuclear weapons: Rising in defence of humanity

July 27, 2016 8 mins read Law and Conflict / Online publications Ellen Policinski & Vincent Bernard

Approximately 340,000 people died immediately and within the five years following the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and ...

Nuclear weapons: 20 years since the ICJ advisory opinion and still difficult to reconcile with international humanitarian law

July 8, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / Weapons Louis G. Maresca

Everything we know about nuclear weapons, including the new information and analysis that has come to light in recent years, has only strengthened ...