by Dr Rebecca Johnson Driven by “the imperative of human security for all", Austria pledged at the HINW conference to work to "stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons in light of their unacceptable humanitarian consequences and associated risksâ€....
Year: 2014
Gathering speed to ban nuclear weapons
The Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons (HINW) opens in Vienna today, with arguments for humanitarian disarmament growing in strength. This time the UK and the US will attend. What will be the likely outcome? by Rebecca...
A new generation: taking over the reins of nuclear abolition
The Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons (HINW) opens in Vienna today, with arguments for humanitarian disarmament gathering speed. This time the UK and the US will attend. What will be the likely outcome? by Rebecca Johnson...
More countries back UN statement on nuclear disarmament
A joint statement on nuclear disarmament was delivered at a U.N. General Assembly committee meeting Monday, drawing support from more than 150 countries including Japan, the broadest international backing among the five similar documents issued so far at the United...
UK nuclear bomb factories rapped by watchdogs over radioactive waste
Atomic Weapons Establishment issued with non-compliance notice by Environment Agency over handling of hazardous waste by Rob Edwards via The Guardian Britain’s nuclear bomb factories have been reprimanded by two government watchdogs for breaking safety rules on...
The Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons: an Imperative for Achieving Disarmament
by Rebecca Johnson Irish Studies in International Affairs Vol. 25 (2014), pp. 59-72 Published by: Royal Irish Academy Page1/14 Buy the book here.
The Necessity to Reduce and Eliminate Nuclear Threats and Weapons in the Middle East and Internationally
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Feminist peacebuilding – a courageous intelligence
There are patriarchal reasons why women are disproportionately made to suffer in wars. It should not be surprising that women are disproportionately active in resisting and challenging violence, wars and armed oppression, says Rebecca Johnson. by Rebecca Johnson via...
Preventable Threats: The Humanitarian Risks of Nuclear Weapons: UK Risks & Challenges
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Civil society and banning nuclear testing
Rebecca Johnson's chapter "The role of civil society in negotiating the CTBT" in Banning the Bang or the Bomb? edited by Mordechai Melamud, Paul Meerts, and I.William Zartman, published by Cambridge University Press, 2014. This book deals with a range of analyses on...