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UN Human Rights Committee condemns the threat or use of nuclear weapons and other WMD

UN Human Rights Committee condemns the threat or use of nuclear weapons and other WMD

by Alyn Ware | Nov 23, 2018 | International Law, Nuclear disarmament

by Alyn Ware*   On October 30, 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee adopted a new General comment No. 36 (2018) on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), on the right to life. According to the General Comment (paragraph 3), the...

Containing the nuclear weapons corporations: Nuclear weapons divestment in the United States

by Alyn Ware | Jun 24, 2018 | Uncategorised

The United States spends over $60 billion annually on nuclear weapons – more than the other eight nuclear-armed States combined. This colossal amount of spending on nuclear weapons is unnecessary, regardless of whether or not you support unilateral nuclear disarmament...
Don’t drink the water – nuclear tests in Kiribati

Don’t drink the water – nuclear tests in Kiribati

by Alyn Ware | May 13, 2018 | Uncategorised

Photo: Grapple nuclear test, Malden Island, Kiribati, 1957. Between 1957 and 1962, the UK and USA undertook 33 atmospheric (above ground) nuclear tests at Malden and Kiritimati (Christmas) Islands, now part of the Republic of Kiribati. The health of the Kiribati...
Doomsday clock warning makes UN High Level Conference even more important

Doomsday clock warning makes UN High Level Conference even more important

by Alyn Ware | Jan 29, 2018 | Nuclear disarmament, Security & diplomacy

Last week, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock to 2 Minutes to Midnight, indicating that the threat of a nuclear war through accident, miscalculation or intent has risen to an alarming level, and that climate change is...
New Zealand and the new treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons

New Zealand and the new treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons

by Alyn Ware | Jul 22, 2017 | Uncategorised

On July 7, 2017, the United Nations adopted a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (nuclear ban treaty) following 5 weeks of negotiations. 122 countries voted in favour of the treaty, demonstrating the clear and unequivocal acceptance of the majority of UN...
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