The United States/Israeli bombing of Iran clearly violates fundamental rules of international law. It violates the sovereignty of Iran, contrary to Article 2(4) of the UN Charter which prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. There is no plausible case that the U.S. and Israel are acting in self-defense against an imminent attack. Nor is regime change an acceptable justification for use of force, as it runs directly counter to the injunction to respect the political independence of states.
Read MoreRenewed pressure to expand the U.S. nuclear arsenal is again being advanced by some advocacy organizations and members of the Congress.Reports also indicate that some voices within the current Administration oppose extending the limits of the New START Treaty, which is scheduled to expire on February 4, 2026. Abandoning these limits will remove the last remaining constraints on U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces. Doing so while renewing efforts to expand nuclear arsenals only further increases global instability and the risk of miscalculation and nuclear war.
As Russia awaits a formal U.S. reply to President Putin’s proposal to maintain strategic nuclear limits beyond the February 2026 expiration of New START, the time to act is now.
Read MoreThe new US land-based missile program, Sentinel, is experiencing major cost overruns. This provides an opportunity to revisit the decision to deploy the Sentinel missiles to replace the existing Minuteman III land-based missiles.
Read MoreAn LCNP Response to the Report of the Congressional Commission on the U.S. Strategic Posture.
Read MoreVirtual conference held November 8, 2023. This conference addressed the continuing and heightened dangers of nuclear war accentuated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and threats to use nuclear weapons.
Read MoreOn April 25, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin provided a revealing and disturbing glimpse into a darker element of US policy when he stated: "We want to see Russia weakened to the degree it cannot do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine."
Read MoreWith the UN Security Council paralyzed by the Russian veto, in two resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly a large majority of UN member states have strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine as aggression in violation of the UN Charter. The International Court of Justice, the UN judicial branch, has also weighed in.
Read MoreIf the Ukraine crisis erupts into war – even intensified limited war in Eastern Ukraine with overt Russian intervention – the consequences will be severe and far-reaching.
Read MoreCommentary and Analysis regarding UN Human Rights Committee General Comment no. 36; the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Human Rights, Democracy, and Nuclear Weapons.
Read MoreThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will become binding law for participating states on January 22, 2021. Entry into force was triggered on October 24, the date marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, when Honduras become the 50th state to ratify the TPNW, reaching the threshold set by the treaty.
Read MoreThe Trump Administration recently asked the military to assess how quickly nuclear weapons could be retrieved from storage and attached to delivery vehicles if New START is allowed to expire in February.
Read MoreToday, three-dozen nuclear watchdog organizations sent an urgent message to Congress declaring resumption of nuclear weapons testing by the United States “absolutely unacceptable” and “dangerously destabilizing.”
Read MoreOn October 24, 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee adopted General Comment 36 on the Right to Life, a right codified in Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Read MoreOn 30 October 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Committee adopted a General Comment on the right to life set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Read MoreDecember 10, 2018, Bahá’í UN Office, New York City. Sponsored by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, CUNY School of Law.
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