Nuclear disarmament is not dead yet and interesting times are ahead of us. The UN General Assembly adopted, on 27 October 2016, a landmark resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty banning nuclear weapons. This historic resolution might mark the end of two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. At a…
By Daniel Rietiker The UN Human Rights Committee is currently drafting a new General Comment No. 36 on the right to life. Since the current draft does not entirely reflect the duties of the States Parties to the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Politicial Rights (ICCPR) with regards WMD, including nuclear weapons, Swiss Lawyers…
By Daniel Rietiker I was invited to represent Swiss Lawyers for Nuclear Disarmamaent (SLND/SAFNA) and IALANA at this conference in Astana (Kazakhstan). I was struck by the hospitality of the Kazakh hosts and their efforts deployend in order to offer ideal conditions for fruitful negotiations. Nuclear disarmament and the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world is…
Check this superbe article published in Arms Control Today (July/Sept 2016) by John Burroughs, executive director of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, which is the UN office of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms. He is a member of the Marshall Islands’ international legal team in the cases currently pending before the…
Please read the interesting article by Maya Brehm, member of board of our association, in EJIL Talk 31 May 2016. She discusses the different options currently explored in the UN open-ended working group (OEWG) in Geneva.
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…
International Associaton of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) invites you to Nuclear Disarmament Public Debate In Association with: Swiss Lawyers for Nuclear Disarmament (SLND) Schweizer Anwälte für Nukleare Abrüstung (SAFNA) Programme Schedule: Friday, 15th April 16:30 to 18:30 Swiss Institute of Com- parative Law, Lausanne- Dorigny (Campus of Lausanne University) Welcome: Daniel Rietiker (President SLND/SAFNA) Speakers:…
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…
Presentation to the United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations Delivered by Dr Daniel Rietiker PhD President of the Association of Swiss Lawyers for Nuclear Disarmament (Swiss affiliate of IALANA) Your excellencies, I have the honour to make an intervention on behalf of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear…
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