“Rhetoric-Compliance Gap” Continues to Grow at the Arms Trade Treaty’s Annual Meeting
By Katherine Young, Control Arms At the core of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is its aim to reduce humanContinue Reading
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Setting the Stage for the Humanitarian Disarmament Season
By Jillian Rafferty JD’20, Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic The disarmament season in Geneva begins in earnest thisContinue Reading
Money Matters: Ensuring Financial Assistance Advances Humanitarian Disarmament
Bonnie Docherty and Lan Mei, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative Money plays a critical role in achieving humanitarian disarmament’sContinue Reading
Law Protecting Environment from War to Get Huge Boost this Year
Doug Weir, Conflict and Environment Observatory In 2013, the United Nations’ International Law Commission (ILC) began work on the progressiveContinue Reading
Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflict: The Importance of Humanitarian Disarmament
Branka Marijan, Project Ploughshares On May 23, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held its annual open debate on theContinue Reading
Humanitarian Disarmament Sees Win at NPT: Nuclear Arms Control Remains in Peril
Ray Acheson, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom The outcome of the Third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) of the NuclearContinue Reading
Progress Without U.S. Leadership? Humanitarian Disarmament
On May 14, 2019, the Forum on the Arms Trade is bringing the discussion of humanitarian disarmament to Washington, DC.Continue Reading
Building Ethics not Bombs: The Role of Scientists and Engineers in Humanitarian Disarmament
Lan Mei, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative In the early 1940s, nuclear physicist Lise Meitner rejected an offer toContinue Reading
Hopes for Humanitarian Disarmament in 2019
January is a month not only to reflect on the achievements and disappointments of the past year but also toContinue Reading
A Call to Arms: Reflecting on the CCW and the Achievements of Humanitarian Disarmament Treaties
Lan Mei, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative This week, the disarmament world is celebrating the 10th anniversary of theContinue Reading