Intervention made on behalf of IALANA at the Open-ending-working group on nuclear disarmament, Geneva, 10 May 2016 (without footnotes) Dr. Daniel Rietiker, PhD International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) Swiss Lawyers for Nuclear Disarmament (SLND) I have the honour to make an intervention on behalf of IALANA – the International Association of Lawyers Against…
By Sergei Golubok, Dr.jur., Member of the Scientific Board of SLND/SAFNA, Partner, Double Bridge Law, St. Petersburg. In March 2016 the International Court of Justice held hearings on preliminary objections in the cases lodged by the Marshall Islands regarding negotiations relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race and to nuclear disarmament. The applicant…
The Existential Threat of Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons: The Marshall Islands Experience and Action in the International Court Of Justice Tuesday,17 November 2015, 10.00-12.00 Main Meeting Room, Inter-Parliamentary Union,(IPU) Headquarters Organized by the World Future Council, the Basel Peace Office, and the Right-Livelihood Award Foundation Speakers: Selina Neirok Leem, Marshall Islands student at the…
Beatrice Fihn’s recent article (“A New Humanitarian Era: Prohibiting the Unacceptable,” July/August 2015) highlights the commitment by the signers of the “Humanitarian Pledge” to “pursue effective measures to fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons.” Put forward by Austria in December 2014, the pledge is now supported by well more…
by Daniel Rietiker The events that suddenly changed not only the course of warfare, but also of human history, were the explosions of the first nuclear weapon in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on 16 July 1945, followed by the subsequent bombings by the USA of Hiroshima, on 6 August 1945, and Nagasaki three…
Introduction by Daniel Rietiker The 2015 NPT Review Conference has ended in a failure on 22 May. No final document could be agreed upon by consensus. One of the major reasons was the lack of agreement on a possible conference (conference only!) on the establishment of a nuclear free zone in the Middle East, a question…
Before and during the NPT Review Conference in NewYork (April/May 2015), a smart, truly global campaign against nuclear weapons has been conducted, involving a lot of young people and school children. Please click here for more information. This article was prepared by Alyn Ware, Basel Peace Office, internationally recognized and awarded consultant for arms control…
by Daniel Rietiker (source: newsru.com) The Russian Federation proposes to convene a Conference in Moscow, no later than 1st of March 2016, in view to establishing a Zone free of nuclear weapons and other WMD in the Middle East. This derives from a statement of the representative of the Russian Federation during a press conference held last week within the…
Introduction [by Daniel Rietiker]: On 27 April, Didier Burkhalter, the Federal Councillor, delivered opening remarks on behalf of Switzerland at the 2015 NPT Review Conference. Our friends from ICAN Switzerland posted some observations on their blog (in German), observations that we largely share. Please click here! We reproduce the speech below for your consideration. Generally speaking,…
In a very useful paper of February 2015, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) outlines, in a nutshell, the ongoing discussion on nuclear disarmament. It derives from this document that, one the one hand, civil society agrees on the ultimate aim, consisting of a world without nuclear weapons but that, on the other hand, the methods and…
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