Nuclear weapons endanger human civilization. Yet nine states—the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, India, Israel, Pakistan, and North Korea—pursue security by threatening their use. The rule of law is one of the most important constraints on the threat, use, and proliferation of these devices and is crucial to their control and elimination.
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 MoreAs of today, 50 states have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). By its terms, the treaty will enter into force in 90 days, becoming legally binding for states that have joined the treaty.
Read MoreThe Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) opposes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) proposed interpretative rule on the transfer of “very low-level waste” to exempt persons for the purpose of disposal.
Read MoreUncertainty and unrest define our current circumstances. The pandemic, the crippling of economies, and climate-change stoked fires have further revealed vulnerabilities and inequities of our societies as well as new sources of potential conflict, notably climate migration.
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 MoreRecent developments in human rights law can support civil society nuclear disarmament campaigns and help ignite change, according to three legal experts presenting in a workshop of A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World.
Read MoreWe write to urge policies that we believe your administration should adopt in relation to nuclear weapons, assuming that you are elected President. Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy since 1981 has advocated for non-use and global elimination of nuclear weapons in accordance with international law.
Read MoreMassive US spending on the military and nuclear weapons is both a misdirection of resources and a subversion of values necessary for a just society.
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 MoreUnder the ICCPR, Article 4, the right to life is non-derogable, to be observed in all circumstances, even in the event of a “public emergency which threatens the life of the nation.”
Read MoreOn 26 February 2020, the UN Security Council met to discuss the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which will be held during the treaty’s fiftieth anniversary year.
Read MoreI was born in Vienna, Austria, on December 8, 1925 and I owe the imaginative title of this talk, “I was 20 in 1945,” to Ramu Damodaran.
Read MoreThe threat or use of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, which are indiscriminate in effect and are of a nature to cause destruction of human life on a catastrophic scale, is incompatible with respect for the right to life and may amount to a crime under international law.
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 MoreIn October 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee found that the threat or use of nuclear arms is incompatible with 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.
Read MoreWe write on behalf of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) to express our deep concern over developments which would have grave adverse consequences for efforts to restrain the spread of nuclear weapons capabilities.
Read MoreA recent development could have grave adverse consequences for efforts to restrain the spread of nuclear weapons capabilities.
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