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Issue nº1, 2011

International Humanitarian Law and Nuclear Weapons

The inaugural issue of the Nuclear Abolition Forum periodical, released in New York in October 2011, focuses on the application of International Humanitarian Law to nuclear weapons and comprises articles from a range of high-level experts.

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The Financial Implications in the Creation of Nuclear Weapons: Balancing Cost and Consequences

The development and proliferation of nuclear weapons have been a contentious issue for decades.
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Nuclear Weapons: the Legal Status of Use, Threat and Possession

Introduction In April 2010 the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) declared: “the ICRC ...
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Risks Arising from Peacetime Nuclear Operations: A Report on a Presentation by Bruce Blair

At the Vancouver conference,1“Humanitarian Law, Human Security: The Emerging Paradigm for Non-Use and Elimination of ...
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The Implications of the Ethical Guidelines for the Norwegian Petroleum Fund for the Application of International Humanitarian Law to Nuclear Weapons

In 2005, seven international companies were excluded from the portfolio of the Norwegian Petroleum Fund, on the ground that ...
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The United Nations and a Humanitarian Approach to Nuclear Disarmament

Do you imagine that political constitutions spring from a tree or rock and not from the disposition of citizens? — ...
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The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons

If international law as an institution is to have any relevance, it must apply to critical issues. Nuclear weapons do not ...
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International Humanitarian Law and Nuclear Weapons

The inaugural issue of the Nuclear Abolition Forum periodical, released in New York in October 2011, focuses on the application of International Humanitarian Law to nuclear weapons and comprises articles from a range of high-level experts.

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