The use and threat of use of nuclear weapons is incompatible with multiple rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). For practical reasons, however, this submission concentrates on the non-derogable right to life (Article 6)—the most fundamental human right.
Read MoreThe use and threat of use of nuclear weapons is incompatible with multiple rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). For practical reasons, however, this submission concentrates on the non-derogable right to life (Article 6)—the most fundamental human right.
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 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.
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