International Law Review

International Law Review

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and Its Consequences on the Nuclear Disarmament System with Emphasis on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Document Type : academic

Authors
mohamadali moradi 1
Ali Tavakoli Tabasi 2
1 Assistant Prof, Department of Public and International Law, Tahsilat Takmili Center, Payam-noor University
2 Ph.D. Student in International Law, Department of Public and International Law, Tahsilat Takmili Center, Payam-noor University
10.22066/cilamag.2021.119945.1858
Abstract
Nuclear disarmament is an institution that coincided with the emergence of the first nuclear weapons. Almost all nuclear documents, including NPT, view nuclear disarmament as the ultimate destination on this path. But the application of the theory of nuclear deterrence have so far prevented this goal from being realized. In September 2017, non-nuclear-weapon states parties to the NPT, approved the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which was welcomed by peace advocates and humanitarian organizations but encountered with the boycott of nuclear- weapon-states and their allies. While the treaty has not yet entered into force, it has raised many questions, including how it interacts with the NPT and its step-by-step disarmament program, so that its opponents believe it undermines the international consensus and all efforts which have been made. But proponents view it as a new legal and ethical norm that could put additional pressure on nuclear-weapon-states to abandon the theory of deterrence and accept nuclear disarmament.
Keywords
NPT Treaty
Nuclear Disarmament
Nuclear-Weapon-States
Non Nuclear-Weapon-States
TPNW Treaty

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    - Documents

    1. I.C.J. Documents

     

    2. Conventions

    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 1968.
    • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) 2017.
    • Statute of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
    • Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

     

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  • Receive Date 11 January 2020
  • Revise Date 18 September 2020
  • Accept Date 02 May 2021