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In a landmark decision delivered on July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) outlined a comprehensive set of stringent legal obligations requiring States to exercise due diligence to ensure climate protection, undertake enhanced action on National Determined Contributions (to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions) and strengthen international cooperation to protect the climate. The ICJ

Nuclear disarmament representatives from around the world met over the weekend to share campaign updates and to develop new approaches and initiatives to meet today’s turbulent times.

Governments at NPT Prep Com urged to replace nuclear deterrence with common security. Parliamentarians, youth and other civil society representatives addressed the States Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on Wednesday last week (April 30), with a number of them urging the governments to reduce the risks of nuclear war

Geneva, April 8, 2025 Belarus should reinstate its constitutional status as a nuclear-weapon-free country, return the nuclear weapons deployed in its territory to Russia, and revive its earlier proposal for the establishment of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a submission made to the Human Rights

Civil society organizations call on nuclear armed States to slash nuclear weapons budgets and reinvest in the SDGs. UNFOLD ZERO and eight other organizations* submitted a paper to the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) yesterday calling on the nuclear-armed and allied states to implement nuclear disarmament commitments they

December 10 is UN Human Rights Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth

“We are approaching a once-in-a-generation UN summit, bringing together countries from around the world to build international collaboration for a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world”, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a rallying call he made last Thursday (September 12) as part of the preparatory process for

Photo: Ambassador Rakhmetullin presenting the draft Factual Summary of the 2024 NPT Prep Com at the final session in the United Nations. On August 2, the final day of the 2024 NPT Prep Com at the United Nations in Geneva, the Chair, Ambassador Akan Rakhmetullin of Kazakhstan, released a Revised

Nuclear armed and allied governments that are parties to the NPT should replace their reliance on nuclear deterrence with common security, according to Pursuing Peace, Security and Nuclear Disarmament through our Common Humanity, a joint Inter-faith and Values Appeal to the 2024 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Prep Com. The Appeal has

Abolition 2000 held its annual general meeting online on Saturday February 3. The meeting (held in three sessions) included campaign reports, strategy discussions and movement building, with the theme Keeping the Network Connected and a focus on youth initiatives and intergenerational cooperation. The breadth of turnout (with reps from Asia,