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April 28, 2017
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Humanitarian Positive Obligations for a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

The object and purpose of the proposed nuclear weapons ban treaty is to address and prevent the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons. As such, the political process that has led to the beginning of negotiations is rooted … Continue reading

April 1, 2017
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Positive Obligations in a Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons: UN Side Event

Director of Pace University’s International Disarmament Institute Matthew Bolton chaired a side event on positive obligations at the UN 31 March 2017 during the first round of negotiations on a nuclear weapons ban treaty. The panel featured Richard Moyes, Managing … Continue reading

March 30, 2017
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Op-Ed: The Case for Positive Obligations in the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

Republished from Nuclear Ban Daily, 1(4), pp. 2-3. The case for the nuclear weapons ban treaty has been rooted in the traditions of international humanitarian law and humanitarian disarmament law, which bind states to acknowledging the suffering caused by war, … Continue reading

March 24, 2017
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Disarmament Education and the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

  Gathering in New York this year, the majority of the world’s countries aim to negotiate a treaty banning nuclear weapons (meeting 27-31 March and 15 June to 7 July 2017). Deeply concerned with the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear … Continue reading

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