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Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Towards Sustainable Human Security
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Abstract Using descriptive and analytical legal research, this study analyses the relationship between the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and sustainable human security. It involves critically analysing the rules on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and what has been written and argued ... view more
Using descriptive and analytical legal research, this study analyses the relationship between the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and sustainable human security. It involves critically analysing the rules on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and what has been written and argued regarding human security and sustainable human security. The findings indicate that the TPNW consists of legal obligations for all state parties to abolish nuclear weapons as a prerequisite to permanent human security. It also comprises provisions for achieving sustainable human security. Therefore, the total ban on nuclear weapons is meant to protect human security and sustain it by eliminating the factors of insecurity of human beings due to the threat of using nuclear weapons.... view less
Keywords
human security; nuclear weapon; ban; international agreement
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Nuclear weapon prohibition; nuclear law regimes; permanent human security
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 32-41
Journal
Journal of Human Security, 19 (2023) 1
ISSN
1835-3800
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed