by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
With the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock set at 100 seconds to midnight, and the world’s nuclear powers upgrading their nuclear arsenals and dangerously engaging in provocative military “exercises”, activists and advocates around the world are...
by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | China and Northeast Asia, Member Group, North Korea, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
We are witnessing a resurgence of interest in the application of international human rights law to one of the principal threats to the human future: nuclear weapons. A general comment issued by the UN Human Rights Committee in 2018 finds the threat or use of nuclear...
by admin | Jan 23, 2021 | Events & Updates, Member Group, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
by Gerry Condon Have you heard about the Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat? If not, you will probably hear about her soon. She could be sailing to a harbor near you. Some people remember all the way back to 1958, when this 34-ft. ketch was sailed across the ocean,...
by admin | Jan 23, 2021 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On January 22, 2021, people around the world celebrated entry-into force of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Spanning the globe, at least 150 events, included protests, bannering at nuclear facilities, ringing of church bells,...
by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Events & Updates, Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On January 22, 2021, people around the world will celebrate the day that the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force (EIF Day). Please join the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA), Nukewatch, The Nuclear...
by admin | Nov 21, 2020 | Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security, Top Story
On United Nations Day, October 24, Honduras became the 50th country to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Ban Treaty), bringing the total number of ratifications to 50 and meeting the threshold for the Treaty’s entry-into force. The Ban Treaty...