Humanization of Arms Control: Paving the Way for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

ISBN-13: 9780367267018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 322 str.

Daniel Rietiker

Opis

This book sets out a human-centred approach to arms control stressing the contribution of arms control in respect to both humanitarian law and human rights law. The book examines the successes of recent arms control treaties on non-nuclear weapons, aiming at eliminating entire categories of weapons and the Arms Trade Treaty whose adoption is an example of an international instrument combining arms control concerns with the protection of the human being. The book then looks at whether the human-centred approach, which places the individuals at the centre of the debate, can also be applied to instruments prohibiting nuclear weapons.

Spis treści

Part I Humanization of Arms Control Treaties Dealing with Non-Nuclear Weapons  1. Introductory Remarks  2. The Preparatory History of the Relevant Treaties, and in particular the role played by civil society  3. The Contribution of the CWC, the Ottawa and Oslo Conventions and the ATT to the Protection of the Human Being  4. Implementation and Verification of the Treaties by Human Rights Actors and Institutions  Part II. Humanization of Arms Control Treaties Dealing with Nuclear Weapons  5. Scope of Part 2  6. The Preparatory History of the Treaties, and in Particular the Role Played by Civil Society  7. The Legality of Nuclear Weapons in the Light of Humanitarian and Human Rights Law  8. Implementation and Verification of the Treaties by Human Rights Actors and Institutions  General Conclusions and Proposals for Progress Towards a World without Nuclear Weapons

O autorze

Daniel Rietiker (PhD) is a senior lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights and teaches international law and human rights at Suffolk University Law School (Boston, MA) and Lausanne University (Switzerland).