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Last revised:
Wednesday July 14, 2010
What's New?
The
US Nuclear Posture Review: A Study in Contradictions,
John Burroughs, Disarmament Times, Summer 2010
2010 NPT
Review Conference
The
NPT and the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, John
Burroughs, Paris, June 19, 2010
A
Final Document Without Finality: The NPT Review Outcome,
Peter Weiss and John Burroughs, June 1, 2010
NPT
Review Final Document, May 28, 2010
Humanitarian
consequences, humanitarian law: an advance in banning
use of nuclear weapons, John Burroughs, News
in Review, June 1, 2010
Civil
society next steps beyond the 2010 NPT Review Conference,
Anabel Dwyer, News in Review, May 28, 2010, p.
14
U.N.
Nuke Meet Ends with Good Intentions and Empty Promises,
Thalif Deen, IPS, May 29, 2010
Civil
Society Presentations, May 7, 2010
Presentation
by John Burroughs
The
Word from Washington, Peter Weiss, May 6, 2010
Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Regime Has Triple Standards: Interview
with John Burroughs, Thalif Deen, IPS, April 29,
2010
Dangers
and Opportunities: Nuclear Weapons and the NPT Review,
Remarks of John Burroughs, Riverside Church, April 30,
2010
Disarm
Now! For Peace and Human Needs, Conference/March/Rally,
April 30-May 2, New York City
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Peace,
Law and Nuclear Weapons (As Seen by Two Jews and an Arab),
Peter Weiss, Palestine-Israel Journal, March 2010
Nuclear
Weapons: Good News, But Not Good Enough, Press Release,
April 14, 2010
Is
the U.S. Going Soft on Israeli, Indian & Pakistani Nukes?,
Thalif Deen, IPS, April 15, 2010
LCNP Response
to Nuclear Posture Review Report, John Burroughs, April
14, 2010
Nuclear
Disarmament by Popular Demand, Anabel Dwyer, Michigan
state bar seminar, Detroit, April 6, 2010
The
Non-Proliferation Treaty 40 Years On: Paving the Way to Abolition,
United Nations, March 5, 2010, Remarks
of John Burroughs, Remarks of
Tim Wright
Preparatory
process for a Nuclear Weapons Convention: practical, useful,
timely?, Alyn Ware, January 2010
The
Need for a Coherent Nuclear Non-Proliferation/Disarmament Regime,
John Burroughs, Remarks to UN Secretary-General's
Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, February 26, 2010
A
Global Undertaking: Realizing the Disarmament Promise of the
NPT, John Burroughs, Middle Powers Initiative Briefing
Paper, January 2010
Atlanta
Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT, sponsored by Middle
Powers Initiative, January 20-22, 2010
Law
School Hosts Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference, Quinnipiac
University, Quad News, February 21, 2010
Petition
to President Obama for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
Your signature will be among millions collected on this and
similar international petitions and presented at the 2010 NPT
Review Conference at the UN in New York.
Future
Cities 2009: Local democracy in action for a greener,
more peaceful world, conference hosted by Mayor
David Cieslewicz, Madison, WI, November 5-8, 2009
Conference Presentations:
Don't
Call it a Renaissance, Until They've Shown You a Masterpiece,
Peter A. Bradford
Good
Faith and the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, John
Burroughs
The
Strains on Progressive Cities, Harvey M. Jacobs
Cities
and Disarmament Work in the Context of the Global Economic
Crisis, Andrew Lichterman
Code
Black: A Campaign to Move from Coal to Renewables,
Maureen McCue
Participatory
Budgeting: Principles, History and Cases, Michael
Menser
Political Economy
of Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power, Wilson Riles
John Nichols, Obama
will be missed at Future Cities conference, Capital
Times, November 4, 2009
Michael Shuman, Localization
is the way to define globalization, Capital Times,
November 5, 2009
Peter Bradford, Massive
nuclear subsidies won't solve climate change, Capital
Times, November 3, 2009
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UN
Security Council Summit on Nuclear Weapons: What the Resolution
Does and Does Not Say, Press Advisory, September 23,
2009
Democracy
Now! interview with John Burroughs, September 25, 2009
Obama
Seeks UN Backing for Nuke-Free World, Thalif Deen, IPS,
September 24, 2009
Obama to
Bolster Nuclear Disarmament at U.N., Thalif Deen, IPS, August
12, 2009
Recommended UN Security
Council Actions to Advance Nuclear Disarmament, John Burroughs,
July 2009
LCNP
Letter re Nuclear Posture Review and the Law, August
10, 2009
The
International Law Obligation for Nuclear and General Disarmament,
Peter Weiss, June 26, 2009
Mexico
City Declaration, Disarming for Peace and Development,
UN DPI/NGO Conference, September 9-11, 2009
Opening
Address, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, September 9,
2009
The
Partnership Between the United Nations and Civil Society to
Achieve A World Free of Nuclear Weapons, Sergio Duarte,
UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, September 18,
2009
Right
Livelihood Award won by Alyn Ware, LCNP consultant and
former executive director, October 13, 2009
Making
Good on the Promises: From the Security Council Summit to the
2010 NPT Review, Middle Powers Initiative Briefing Paper,
October 2009
International
Committee of the Red Cross Statement on Cluster Munitions, Landmines,
Explosive Remnants of War, and Nuclear Weapons, UN General
Assembly, First Committee, October 10, 2009: "Nuclear weapons
are unique in their destructive power, in the unspeakable human
suffering they cause, in the impossibility of controlling their
effects in space and time, in the risks of escalation and in
the threat they pose to the environment, to future generations,
indeed, to the survival of humanity. The ICRC appeals to all
States to ensure that these weapons are never used again, regardless
of their views on the legality of such use."
Pervez Hoodbhoy, The
Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Program, July 14, 2009 presentation
co-sponsored by LCNP and The Nation
Seymour Hersh, Defending
the Arsenal: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear weapons be
kept safe?, The New Yorker, November 16, 2009
LCNP
Statement on President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, Peter
Weiss, October 9, 2009
From
the ICJ to the IJC: Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Lawyers' Responsibilities,
Anabel Dwyer, Michigan International Lawyer, fall 2009, p. 8
Future
Cities 2009: Local democracy in action for a greener, more peaceful
world, conference hosted by Mayor David Cieslewicz,
Madison, WI, November 5-8, 2009 - public invited
US
Conference of Mayors resolution on abolition of nuclear weapons,
June 2009
Good
Faith Negotiations Leading to the Total Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons: Request for an Advisory Opinion from the International
Court of Justice, International Association of
Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, International Human Rights Clinic
at Harvard Law School, May 2009
Press release
Groups
Seek World Court Opinion on Nukes, Thalif Deen, IPS, May
11, 2009
Resolution of IALANA
General Assembly, June 2009
Good
Faith, International Law, and Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons, May 1, 2008 Conference, Geneva
Judge
Mohammed Bedjaoui, Keynote Address, May 1, 2008,
Geneva
Peter
Weiss, Remarks on Judge Bedjaoui’s Keynote Address
Professor
Karima Bennoune, The Intersection of Nuclear
Weapons and International Human Rights Law
Professor
Marcelo Kohen, Remarks
Good
Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International
Law, John Burroughs, News
in Review, Final Edition, No. 9, 28 April –
9 May 2008
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North
Korea Test a Setback to Nuke-Free World, Thalif Deen,
IPS, May 27, 2009
No
Nuclear Weapons. Why Not?, Peter Weiss and
Elizabeth J. Shafer, NY Times Letter, May 2009
2009
NPT Preparatory Committee
NGO
Presentations Introduction, Peter Weiss
Steps
Toward a Safer World, John Hallam, John Burroughs and Marcy
Fowler
The
Imperative of Good Faith, John Burroughs, Elizabeth Shafer,
Phon van den Biesen, and John Loretz
News
in Review, NGO daily reports
Judge
Weeramantry, Response to President Obama’s Prague speech: bridging
the vision and the corridors of power, April 20, 2009
Remarks
by President Barack Obama, Prague, April 5, 2009
Nuclear
Abolition, Climate Protection, and Our Cities' Future:
Conference Report, April 2009
Letter
from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Judge Weeramantry,
President of International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear
Arms (LCNP's international body), February 9, 2009
Letter
from Judge Weeramantry to the Secretary-General, November
25, 2008
UN
Secretary-General address, October 24, 2008, to East-West
Institute conference, “The United Nations and Security
in a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World”
The
Trident and International Law: Scotland's Obligations,
Judge Christopher Weeramantry, Edinburgh, February 3, 2009
Recent
Developments in the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons, John
Burroughs, Edinburgh, February 3, 2009
Nuclear
Free Obligations and Trident II, Anabel Dwyer, February
26, 2009, Seattle
A
Global Public Good of the Highest Order, Middle Powers
Initiative Briefing Paper for the Berlin Article VI Forum, January
2009
The
Challenges of Security in a World without Nuclear Weapons,
John Burroughs, January 16, 2009
Nuclear
fastball: Palin, Biden strike out, John Burroughs, DisarmamentActivist.org,
October 6, 2008 - commentary on vice-presidential debate question:
Should nuclear weapons use ever be put into play?
The
Legal and Policy Imperatives for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons,
Statement of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, July
2008
Ending U.S. Reliance
on Nuclear Weapons and Achieving Their Global Elimination: Wise
Policy and Required by Law, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear
Policy, March 2008
Think
Globally / Act Locally: Working with Your Mayor of the Abolition
of Nuclear Weapons and Other Peace and Justice Issues, November
2008
US Conference of Mayors
Adopts Resolution for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by 2020,
June 23, 2008
2020
Vision Aimed at Dismantling Nukes, Thalif Deen, June 26,
2008, IPS
US Member Cities, Mayors
for Peace, November 1, 2008
Updated
Model Convention Prohibiting and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons,
2007
Securing Our
Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, 2007
Background and Resources
Nuclear
Disorder or Cooperative Security? An Assessment of the
Final Report of the WMD Commission and Its Implications for
U.S. Policy, May 2007
ONLINE
EDITION NOW AVAILABLE, July 2008
Book
Review, Natalie J. Goldring, INESAP Information Bulletin
28, April 2008, p.92
The WMD
Commission One Year Later: Impact and Assessment, John Burroughs,
Disarmament Diplomacy, summer 2007
About the Book
Order
Print Edition
Executive
Summary
Recommendations
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
Six
Reasons Why Nuclear Weapons Are More Dangerous Than Ever,
Peter Weiss, American University International Law Review, 2007
Controlling
the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Michael Spies, Disarmament Times,
Spring 2008, p.1
The
best U.S. weapon against Iran is diplomacy, John
Burroughs, September 26, 2007, Newsday op-ed
US/Iran
Confrontation: Intensified Diplomacy and Adherence to International
Law, Middle Powers Initiative Statement, September 20, 2007
Iran
and The Limits of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime,
Michael Spies, American University International Law Review,
2007
More Iran resources...
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
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Good
Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International
Law, John Burroughs, News
in Review, Final Edition, No. 9, 28 April –
9 May 2008
Trial
of the Ground Zero Three, Port Orchard,
Washington, January 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
Fundamental
Legal Obligations Regarding Nuclear Weapons,
Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, May 2007
LCNP
Statement on Replacement of the UK Trident System,
March 2007
Peacerights
legal opinion on the replacement of the UK Trident,
March 6, 2007
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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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:
IALANA
News December 2009
Bombs
Away! and eNews issues
Events:
International
Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament, Philadelphia,
October 26-27, 2009
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
Securing
Our Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention,
2007
Rule
of Power or Rule of Law? An Assessment of U.S. Policies and
Actions Regarding Security- Related Treaties, 2003
Executive Summary
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, Howard
Meyer, 2002
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,
2003
The
Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Guide to the
Historic Opinion of the International Court of Justice,
John Burroughs, 1997
Nuclear
Weapons and International Law in the Post Cold War World,
Charles J. Moxley, Jr., 2000
Warfare or Welfare? Disarmament for Development in the 21st Century, Colin Archer, 2005
Beyond
Hiroshima, Douglas Roche, 2005
No
Time to Kill, Bruce A. Roth, 2007
Blogs:
Disarmament
Activist
Arms Control Wonk
Los Alamos Disarmament
Center
Russian Forces
Strategic Security Project
Links:
Learn
About Nuclear Weapons
ArmsControlReporter
Global Action to Prevent
War
Middle Powers Initiative
Parliamentarians
for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament
Mayors
for Peace
Western States Legal Foundation
WMDreport.org
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
NuclearFreeFuture.org
Campaign for a
Nuclear Weapons Free World
Daisy Alliance
Other
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 (subscribe to newsletter here)
was created by the Hague Appeal for Peace and is now hosted
by the Peace Education
Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. The campaign
aims to build public awareness and political support for the
introduction of peace education in 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.
Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
(LCNP)
866 UN Plaza, Suite 4050
New York, NY 10017-1830 USA
Tel. (212) 818 1861
Fax: (212) 818 1857
E-Mail: lcnp@lcnp.org
UN Office of the
International Association
of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA)
Accredited as a citizens' organization (NGO) at the United
Nations.
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