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15/10/2018

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Is It Really Necessary? - Manuel Francisco Herrera Almela

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is intended to be a legally binding instrument capable of forcing the international community to pursue widespread nuclear disarmament through the adoption of a stigmatizing strategy by the proponents of the treaty and the States that are parties to it. However, as it will be shown in this article, the treaty proves to be an extremely inadequate instrument for achieving this end due to three types of inconsistencies present in it and in its negotiation process: Normative, institutional and practical. In reviewing all the shortcomings related to these inconsistencies, we may ask ourselves to what extent the treaty is really necessary in order to achieve the end it pursues. As a contribution to both the academic debate and the practice of nuclear disarmament, the article will conclude with an original proposal to address the issue of generalized nuclear disarmament through the institutional mechanisms present in the current non-proliferation regime.

 

Documento elaborado por: Manuel Francisco Herrera Almela

 

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