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Space law revisited (3/3): The regime of international liability in space

Space law revisited (3/3): The regime of international liability in space

April 27, 2017 10 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pavle Kilibarda

Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...

Space law revisited (2/3): Are weapons of mass destruction prohibited in space?

Space law revisited (2/3): Are weapons of mass destruction prohibited in space?

December 21, 2016 8 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies / Weapons Pavle Kilibarda

Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...

Space law revisited (1/3): The notion of ‘peaceful uses’ and the Outer Space Treaty

Space law revisited (1/3): The notion of ‘peaceful uses’ and the Outer Space Treaty

November 7, 2016 9 mins read Analysis / Law and Conflict / New Technologies Pavle Kilibarda

Outer space is becoming an arena for technological shows of force – whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons. What ...

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

“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. ...

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

e-Briefing: The human cost of nuclear weapons

October 12, 2016 5 mins read Humanitarian Action / Online publications / Quick Links / Sexual Violence The editors

The ICRC’s latest e-briefing exposes the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. It is being ...

Majority of governments vote for negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons

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 ...

Towards a humanitarian ban on nuclear weapons

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 ...