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A world-wide campaign resulting in an historic opinion from the International Court of
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The elimination of nuclear weapons through negotiation of an international treaty
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An international network which seeks a nuclear weapons convention. |
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Last revised:
April 21, 2008
What's New?
Controling
the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Michael Spies, Disarmament Times,
Spring 2008, p.1
Ending
U.S. Reliance on Nuclear Weapons and Achieving Their Global
Elimination: Wise Policy and Required by Law, Statement
of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, March 2008
Stagnation
and Redundancy: Report on the 2007 UN First Committee,
Michael Spies, Disarmament Diplomacy, spring 2008
May 1, 2008, Geneva: Conference
on Good Faith, International Law, and Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons: The Once and Future Contributions of the International
Court of Justice
World Court Project to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons: Return to the International Court of Justice on
the Nuclear Disarmament Obligation
Good Faith Negotiation
of Nuclear Disarmament, Elizabeth Shafer, January 2008
Debating
Disarmament: Interpreting Article VI of the NPT, Nonproliferation
Review briefing, November 29, 2007, with Christopher Ford, Nabil
Fahmy, and John Burroughs
Rebuttal
of the U.S. Statement on Nuclear Weapons Alert, Dismantlements
and Reductions, Hans Kristensen, Federation of American
Scientists, October 19, 2007
Rebuttal
of the U.S. Statement on the Alert Status of U.S. Nuclear Forces,
Bruce Blair, World Security Institute, October 13, 2007
The
best U.S. weapon against Iran is diplomacy, John
Burroughs, September 26, 2007, Newsday op-ed
Iranian
president in nuclear theatrics, Thalif Deen, IPS, September
27, 2007
US/Iran
Confrontation: Intensified Diplomacy and Adherence to International
Law, Middle Powers Initiative Statement, September 20, 2007
The Security
Council and Iran: Further Escalation and Isolation, Commentary
on resolution 1747 (2007) on Iran, Michael Spies, updated: April
3, 2007
Iran and the Role of
the Security Council, Michael Spies, March 8, 2007
More Iran resources...
Launch
of International Campaign to Abolition Nuclear Weapons (ICAN),
April 2007
Securing Our Survival (SOS): The
Case for A Nuclear Weapons Convention, IPPNW, INESAP, IALANA,
2007
Preventing
Nuclear Catastrophe: Where Do We Go From Here? Mohamed ElBaradei,
IAEA Director General, May 24, 2007
The
world must unite to eliminate the growing nuclear threat,
Judge Christopher Weeramantry, op-ed in The Age (Melbourne),
April 23, 2007
Nuclear
Disorder or Cooperative Security? An Assessment of the
Final Report of the WMD Commission and Its Implications for
U.S. Policy, May 2007
The WMD
Commission One Year Later: Impact and Assessment, John Burroughs,
Disarmament Diplomacy, summer 2007
Security
Council Called Hypocritical on Nukes, Thalif Deen, Inter
Press Service, June 1, 2007
Book
Review: Charting a Course for Change, Frida Berrigan, Disarmament
Times, Summer 2007, p. 8
About the Book
Table
of Contents
Order
Online
Introduction
Executive
Summary
Recommendations
for U.S. Policy, Civil Society, and Change
Bibliography
Execution
by Consensus:Assessing Compliance and the NPT Review Process,
Michael Spies, News in Review, May 2007, p. 3
Alice
in Wonderland Revisited: The 13 Practical Steps as “Suggestions,”
John Burroughs, News in Review, May 2007, p. 4
News
in Review, comprehensive NGO coverage by Reaching Critical
Will of the 2007 NPT Preparatory Committee meeting, May 2007
War
and Occupation in Iraq, Global Policy Forum, June 2007,
co-sponsored by LCNP
U.S.
Nuclear Hypocrisy and the Iraq War (audio), written, Citizens' Hearing on the Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq, John Burroughs,
January 21, 2007
The UN Charter and the Iraq War, Peter Weiss, May 8, 2004, World Tribunal on Iraq, New York session
Jus ad Bellum: Law Regulating Resort to Force, Nicole Deller and John Burroughs, Human Rights, Winter 2003
27,000
Holocausts, Pinky Show interview with John Burroughs,
February 7, 2007 (download
video; available
on YouTube)
What
is a Crime Against Humanity? Pinky Show interview with Peter
Weiss, December 11, 2006 (download
video; available
on YouTube)
Preventing
Nuclear Terrorism, John Burroughs, Shield New York Conference,
September 30, 2005
The
Prevention and Prosecution of Terrorist Acts: A Survey of Multilateral
Instruments, New York City Bar, Committee on International
Security Affairs, June 2006
The Imperial
Presidency and the Consequences of 9/11: Lawyers React to the
Global War on Terrorism, James Silkenat and Mark Shulman,
eds, 2007
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Trial
of the Ground Zero Three, Port Orchard,
Washington, January 2007
Anti-Trident
Protesters Guilty of Disorderly Conduct, Kitsap
Sun, January 26, 2007
What
Does International Law Have to Say About Bangor
Protests? Kitsap Sun, January 25, 2007
Outline
of Testimony by John Burroughs, January 24,
2007
From
Auschwitz to Trident (YouTube), John Burroughs,
Seattle Town Hall, January 20, 2007 (slides)
The
Legal Framework for Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons, Briefing Paper for Greenpeace International,
John Burroughs, February 2006
Legal
Requirements to Achieve Non-Proliferation and Disarmament,
John Burroughs, Article VI Forum, The Hague, March
2, 2006
Thirteen
Practical Steps: Legal or Political?, Peter
Weiss, John Burroughs, Michael Spies, May 2005
Civil
Society Presentation to the NPT Review Conference
on Article VI Compliance, Lawyers' Committee
on Nuclear Policy/Western States Legal Foundation,
May 2005
UN
Press Release
All
NGO Statements
LCNP
Statement on Replacement of the UK Trident System,
March 2007
Peacerights
legal opinion on the replacement of the UK Trident,
March 6, 2007
Legal
Opinion re UK Trident plans, Philippe Sands
and Helen Law, Matrix Chambers, November 13, 2006,
commissioned by Greenpeace UK
Peacerights
Legal Opinion Re UK Trident Nuclear Missile System,
Rabinder Singh, QC, and Prof. Christine Chinkin,
December 19, 2005
Law School Readings
on Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War
Weapons
of Mass Destruction and Human Rights, Peter Weiss and John
Burroughs, Disarmament Forum, July 2004 |
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Nuclear
Disarmament Campaign, United for Peace and Justice To
join the UFPJ nuclear disarmament/redefining security working
group, send a blank email to ufpj-disarm-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Newsletters:
eNews
July 2007, No. 9 – Resources for a Nuclear Weapons Free
World
IALANA
News February 2007: Return
to the ICJ on nuclear
disarmament obligations; Revision
of the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention.
Bombs
Away! and eNews issues
Books:
Nuclear
Disorder or Cooperative Security? An Assessment of the
Final Report of the WMD Commission and Its Implications for
U.S. Policy, May 2007
Beyond
Hiroshima, Douglas Roche, 2005
Rule
of Power or Rule of Law? An Assessment of U.S. Policies and
Actions Regarding Security- Related Treaties
Executive Summary
Briefing paper,
June 2004
Armageddon
or Brave New World? Reflections on the Hostilities in Iraq,
Judge Weeramantry, 2nd ed. 2005
The
World Court in Action: Judging Among the Nations
This Is My Homeland: Stories of the effects of nuclear industries by the People of the Serpent River First Nation and the north shore of Lake Huron
Securing
Our Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention
The Legality of Threat or
Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Guide to the Historic Opinion of the International Court of
Justice
Nuclear Weapons and
International Law in the Post Cold War World
Blogs:
Arms
Control Wonk
Disarmament
Activist
Los Alamos Disarmament
Center
Russian Forces
Strategic Security Project
Think Outside
the Bomb
Links:
WMDreport.org
Websites
of interest
Hague
Appeal for Peace
LCNP's parent body IALANA, in coalition with other organizations
in 1999, initiated the Hague Appeal for Peace, a global call
to enter the 21st Century with a firm program for the abolition
of war. The Global Campaign
for Peace Education aims to build public awareness
and political support for the introduction of peace education
in all schools throughout the world and to promote the education
of all teachers to teach for peace. Resources
available from the Hague Appeal for Peace include International
Law and Peace: A Peace Lesson, Peace
Lessons from Around the World, Peace
and Disarmament Education, Time
to Abolish War: Youth Manual created by Youth for Youth,
and Learning
to Abolish War.
Ploughshares
Fund
Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP)
675 Third Avenue, Suite 315
New York, N.Y. 10017, USA
Tel. (212) 818 1861
Fax: (212) 818 1857
E-Mail: lcnp@lcnp.org
U.S. affiliate of the
International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear
Arms (IALANA)
Accredited as a citizens' organization (NGO) at the United
Nations.
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