The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Legal Challenges for Military Doctrines and Deterrence Policies

by Jonathan L. Black-Branch

Overview

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (2017) sets out to challenge deterrence policies and military defence doctrines, taking a humanitarian approach intended to disrupt the nuclear status quo. States with nuclear weapons oppose its very existence, neither participating in its development nor adopting its final text. Civil society groups seem determined, however, to stigmatize and delegitimize nuclear weapons towards their abolition. This book analyzes how the Treaty influences the international security architecture, examining legal, institutional and diplomatic implications of the Treaty and exploring its real and potential impact for both states acceding to the Treaty and those opposing it. It concludes with practical recommendations for international lawyers and policymakers regarding non-proliferation and disarmament matters, ultimately noting that nuclear weapons threaten peace, and everyone should have the right to nuclear peace and freedom from nuclear fear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108658669
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/20/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Black-Branch is the President of ISLAND – Foundation of International Society of Law and Nuclear Disarmament, a charitable foundation focusing on teaching, research and engagement activities regarding nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and understanding and the human impact of living in a nuclear world.

Table of Contents

1. Changing the Status Quo in Nuclear Arms Control Law: The Treaty Prohibiting 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: Towards Complementary or Competing Interests?; 5. Customary International Law, Opinio Juris and State Practice Regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: Towards 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 Nuclear Weapons and the Theory of Deterrence.