Disarmament before International Court of Justice (ICJ)

On 24 April 2014, the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands simultaneously filed in the Registry of the Court separate Applications against nine States (China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America) accusing…

Arms Trade Treaty to come into force!

The landmark Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), regulating the international trade in conventional arms – from small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships – will enter into force on 24 December 2014, 90 days after the 50th ratification. CONGRATULATION!! For the text of the Treaty, click here For the list of State Parties, click…

Vienna Conference on humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons

On 8 and 9 December, Austria is hosting the 3rd Conference on this topic. For more information, click here. One of the questions is whether the Nuclear Weapons States will be absent, as they have been during the Oslo and Nayarit (Mexico). For the time being, it is impossible to predict the outcome of the Conference. In any…