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30/09/2017

The value of a title: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and its impact on the non-proliferation regime (DIEEEO99bis-2017)

The recent conclusion of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opens a new chapter in the recent history of nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation regime. It is a “sui generis instrument”, since countries taking part in the negotiations do not possess the weapons that are covered by the convention.

In addition, the process leading to the adoption of this new treaty shares some characteristics with two conventions in the field of conventional weapons with non-discriminated humanitarian impact: the Mine-Ban Convention (or Ottawa Convention) and the Cluster Munition Convention (or Oslo Convention).

This article focuses on differences and similarities between the three processes, with the aim of giving an answer to the following question: can “like-minded states conventions” – their spirit, dynamics and goals- be efficiently adapted to the rules of nuclear disarmament?

Author: Ignacio Cartagena Núñez

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