Commentary

Climate change and nuclear weapons are inextricably linked.

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.

Recent 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.

Massive US spending on the military and nuclear weapons is both a misdirection of resources and a subversion of values necessary for a just society.