Nuclear Weapons Resources
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Disarmament

The Legal Framework for Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, February 2006

The Disarmament Debate: The Fate of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, interview with John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, Harvard International Review, Summer 2005

Civil Society Presentation to the NPT Review Conference on Article VI Compliance (pdf), Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy/Western States Legal Foundation, May 2005

War is Peace, Arms Racing is Disarmament: The Non-Proliferation Treaty and the U.S. Quest for Global Military Dominance, Western States Legal Foundation Special Report, by Andrew Lichterman with contributions from Jacqueline Cabasso, May 2005

The So-called 'U.S. Record of Compliance': Why The U.S. Numbers Game Is Not Disarmament, Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Information Bulletin, Spring 2004

United States Disarmament Obligations Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) (pdf), Western States Legal Foundation Fact Sheet, Spring 2000

Faustian Bargain 2000: Why Stockpile Stewardship is Fundamentally Incompatible with the Process of Nuclear Disarmament, Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, April 2000

Introduction to A Guide to the Historic Opinion of the International Court of Justice, John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, 1997

Non-Proliferation

Seizing the Moment: Using the U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal to Improve Fissile Material Security, Kenneth N. Luongo and Isabelle Williams, Arms Control Today, May 2006

Resolution 1540: Universalizing Export Control Standards, Scott Jones, Arms Control Today, May 2006

U.S. Fissile Material Production Proposal Flawed; Highlights Need to Draw India Into Nuclear Restraint Regime, Arms Control Association, May 18, 2006

The Iran Situation: Options for the Security Council, John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, Remarks to Diplomats Representing Some Elected Members of the UN Security Council, May 2, 2006

Iran and the Limits of the Non-Proliferation Regime, Michael Spies, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, American University International Law Review Conference, February 9, 2006

Reporting to the 1540 Committee – A Snapshot, Lars Olberg, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, November 2005

Official Documents

2000 NPT Review Conference Final Document
13 Practical Steps on Nonproliferation and Disarmament

Official Documents of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, July 8, 1996

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Additional Resources

Iran
Nuclear Iran? Resources from Reaching Critical Will
The Iran Nuclear Dilemma, Lawyers' Commmittee on Nuclear Policy
Iran Country Page, Arms Control Association

North Korea
North Korea and Nuclear Weapons, Reaching Critical Will
North Korea Country Page, Arms Control Association

Fissile Materials
The Model Nuclear Inventory, Reaching Critical Will
Fissile Materials, Arms Control Association

2002 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review
NPR Resources Page, Western States Legal Foundation

Nuclear Weapons Convention
Model Nuclear Weapons Convention, Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy
Nuclear Weapons Convention, Reaching Critical Will