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Introduction

From: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: A Commentary

Stuart Casey-Maslen

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Commentaries on International Law
Published in print:
05 February 2019
ISBN:
9780198830368

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2022. All Rights Reserved.date: 21 January 2022

Subject(s):
Specialized treaty frameworks — Weapons, nuclear

This section provides an introduction to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the UN Headquarters in New York in July 2017.The Treaty comprehensively prohibits the use, development, export, and possession of nuclear weapons. It outlines the background to the Treaty, providing detail on the development, possession, and use of nuclear weapons. This section also looks at the existing body of nuclear non-proliferation, ‘non-armament’, arms control, and disarmament treaties, that began with the 1959 Antarctic Treaty.

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