The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Legal Challenges for Military Doctrines and Deterrence Policies
Book contents
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Reviews
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Changing the Status Quo in Nuclear Arms Control Law: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017
- 2 Adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: A New Dawn, a New Deal, a New Direction in Nuclear Disarmament Law?
- 3 Humanitarian Nuclear Disarmament: Challenging the Status Quo through New Approaches to Legal Process, Purpose and Provisions
- 4 Legal Congruence with Existing Treaty Obligations: Toward Complementary or Competing Interests?
- 5 Customary International Law, Opinio Juris and State Practice Regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: Toward Universality?
- 6 Treaty Safeguards, Verification and Implementation: A Simple-Ban Approach and a Need for Oversight
- 7 Nuclear Deterrence Policies and the Prohibition Treaty: Disarmament Considerations
- 8 Nuclear Defense Doctrines: Disarmament and Emerging Humanitarian Concerns
- 9 Competition, Fragmentation and Polarization: A Bifurcated International Legal Infrastructure Regarding the Nuclear Architecture and Regulation?
- 10 Stigmatization-Action and Changing Global Perceptions to Delegitimize and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- 11 Toward Neo-Universalism: Toward a New Reality in International Law?
- 12 Obligations Erga Omnes: The Missing Link for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Compliance
- 13 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons within the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Architecture in International Law: From Grand Bargain to Grand Challenges with the Right to Nuclear Peace and Freedom from Nuclear Fear: Summaries and Conclusions
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
Book contents
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Reviews
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Changing the Status Quo in Nuclear Arms Control Law: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017
- 2 Adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: A New Dawn, a New Deal, a New Direction in Nuclear Disarmament Law?
- 3 Humanitarian Nuclear Disarmament: Challenging the Status Quo through New Approaches to Legal Process, Purpose and Provisions
- 4 Legal Congruence with Existing Treaty Obligations: Toward Complementary or Competing Interests?
- 5 Customary International Law, Opinio Juris and State Practice Regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: Toward Universality?
- 6 Treaty Safeguards, Verification and Implementation: A Simple-Ban Approach and a Need for Oversight
- 7 Nuclear Deterrence Policies and the Prohibition Treaty: Disarmament Considerations
- 8 Nuclear Defense Doctrines: Disarmament and Emerging Humanitarian Concerns
- 9 Competition, Fragmentation and Polarization: A Bifurcated International Legal Infrastructure Regarding the Nuclear Architecture and Regulation?
- 10 Stigmatization-Action and Changing Global Perceptions to Delegitimize and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- 11 Toward Neo-Universalism: Toward a New Reality in International Law?
- 12 Obligations Erga Omnes: The Missing Link for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Compliance
- 13 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons within the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Architecture in International Law: From Grand Bargain to Grand Challenges with the Right to Nuclear Peace and Freedom from Nuclear Fear: Summaries and Conclusions
- Index
Summary
A legacy of the Cold War is that nuclear arms protect nations from attack; a stance that supporters of the TPNW wish to change. Indeed, this author would contend that nuclear weapons do not protect nations but actually threaten national, regional and global security. Many advocates of nuclear disarmament believe that the TPNW marks a new beginning; it was even celebrated with the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), at the time, a relatively newly formed civil society organization. The TPNW demonstrates international support to take decisive action to eliminate nuclear weapons and the threat they pose to international peace and security.
Keywords
Nuclear Disarmament LawDisarmament ProcessGeneral AssemblyUnited Nations Millennium DeclarationNPT Review ConferenceMultilateral Nuclear Disarmament NegotiationsLegal measures for a world without nuclear weaponsReducing Nuclear RisksHumanitarian consequencesTreaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017
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- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsLegal Challenges for Military Doctrines and Deterrence Policies, pp. 11 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021