Civil Society Demands Action at the UNGA’s Disarmament Committee
Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will The United Nations General Assembly will convene the 80th session of its First Committee onContinue Reading
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Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Challenges, Progress, and Ongoing Need
While our Key Developments feature has had a short hiatus, much has happened over the past several months. The MineContinue Reading
Mariupol’s Devastation and Search for Justice: A Human Rights Watch, SITU Research, and Truth Hounds Investigation
Hina Uddin, Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic Immediately upon the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Mariupol became aContinue Reading
Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Opposing Arms Transfers and Promoting the Explosive Weapons Declaration
Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative Over the past two months, armed conflicts, fueled by new arms transfers, continued toContinue Reading
Seventy Years Later, New Opportunity for Nuclear Justice in the Marshall Islands
Alicia Sanders-Zakre, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons On March 1, 1954, the United States detonated on Bikini Atoll inContinue Reading
Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: New Year, New Efforts
Jacqulyn Kantack, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative Following a busy season of disarmament meetings at the end of 2023,Continue Reading
Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: A Killer Robots Resolution and Measures to Address the Catastrophic Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
Hina Uddin, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative The past two months were marked by a flurry of disarmament meetings.Continue Reading
Nuclear Ban Treaty’s Inclusive Second Meeting Advances Nuclear Disarmament and Justice
Alicia Sanders-Zakre, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) continued toContinue Reading
“Human-Centered Disarmament” in the New Agenda for Peace
Hina Uddin, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative On July 20, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres presented a New Agenda forContinue Reading
U.S. Cluster Munition Transfer to Ukraine Ignores History of Civilian Harm
Bonnie Docherty, Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic This piece was originally published on Just Security. Continue Reading