Am 30.10.2018 beschloss das UN-HRC als General Comment No. 36 (2018) zu Artikel 6 des Internationalen Paktes über bürgerlichte und politische Rechte (1966), dass die Drohung mit und der Einsatz von Atomwaffen nicht vereinbar ist mit dem Recht auf Leben nach Art. 6 des Paktes Threat and use of nuclear
Beitrag aus: „Virtual roundtable on presidential first use of nuclear weapons“ vom 26.2.2018 http://www.publicbooks.org/virtual-roundtable-on-presidential-first-use-of-nuclear-weapons/#burroughs International law is part of the law of the land in the United States under the Constitution and decisions of the Supreme Court. The Department of Defense acknowledges that military operations must comply with the
By John Burroughs | Inter Press Service (IPS) April 4, 2017 John Burroughs is Executive Director of the New York-based Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy & Director of UN Office of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms. NEW YORK, Apr 3 2017 (IPS) – Is a paradigm shift
A Comment by John Burroughs – Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LNCP) , April 2, 2016 At the invitation of President Obama, on April 1 more than 50 leaders of countries, including all states possessing nuclear arsenals except Russia and North Korea, gathered in Washington for the fourth Nuclear Security