Using International Law and Treaties to Prevent Nuclear Weapons ...

This paper considers what role international disarmament and nonproliferation treaties can play in preventing nuclear war being launched.

Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons - UNODA

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted by the Conference (by a vote of 122 States in favour, with one vote against and one abstention) at ...

Nuclear Weapons Under International Law: An Overview

The first of these scenarios is use against a nuclear-armed submarine on the high seas about to fire its missiles. While the high seas might suffer from ...

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

... use, possession, testing, and transfer of nuclear weapons under international law. ... legal ban against nuclear weapons in Geneva, Switzerland. The OEWG ...

What is the Role of International Law in Preventing ... - Penn Global

Non-use of nuclear weapons is clearly a behavioral pattern, a tradition, likely an international norm, but is it a legal rule? The question of ...

Nuclear Treaties and Agreements - NMHB 2020 [Revised]

While several arms control agreements restrict the deployment and use of nuclear weapons, no conventional or customary international law prohibits nations from ...

Disarmament | United Nations

Several multilateral treaties have since been established with the aim of preventing nuclear proliferation and testing, while promoting progress in nuclear ...

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) - UNODA

The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.

International agreements relating to nuclear weapons - CND

The United Nations adopted a historic international treaty banning nuclear weapons in July 2017. The new treaty will make it illegal under international law for ...

Why condemn threats to use nuclear weapons? - ICAN

Any threat to use nuclear weapons is a violation of international law, including the Charter of the United Nations. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...

Nuclear Threats Under International Law Part I: The Legal Framework

The international legal status of threats to use nuclear weapons is uncertain. In this article, we map existing prohibitions against nuclear threats at ...

Customary IHL - . Nuclear Weapons - ICRC

There is in neither customary nor conventional international law any specific authorization of the threat or use of nuclear weapons;. There is in neither ...

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons

The Court then turned to the law applicable in situations of armed conflict. ... The Court then turned to an examination of customary international law to ...

The controversy around nuclear weapons

The ICJ also confirmed that rules of international humanitarian law, including distinction and minimization of suffering, apply to the threat ...

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) | IAEA

... global efforts to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons, to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of nuclear disarmament.

ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and indiscriminate weapons ever created. They violate international law, cause severe environmental damage, undermine ...

Nuclear weapons are prohibited under international law - WILPF

Nuclear weapons are, as of now, unlawful to possess, develop, deploy, test, use, or threaten to use. While the Treaty's provisions are legally ...

A PROHIBITION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS - UNIDIR

However, there is no unequivocal and explicit rule under international law against such use. While the two other categories of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) ...

The Case of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The TPNW's nature as formal treaty under international law suggests, however, that the TPNW primarily serves signaling to states which have not adhered to the ...

The Legality of Nuclear Arms Under International Law

Several treaties do exist that limit the use of nuclear weapons. For example ... whether the use of these weapons is against customary international.