Legal Gap or Compliance Gap? John Burroughs and Peter Weiss, Arms Control Today, October 2015

Nuclear Weapons and the Law on Human Rights and Future Generations, report on NPT PrepCom side-event, May 1, 2018, Geneva

Threat or Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Right to Life: Follow-up Submissions to UN Human Rights Committee, IALANA and Swiss Lawyers for Nuclear Disarmament, October 5, 2017

Legal Aspects of Reliance on Nuclear Weapons, Remarks of John Burroughs, Conference on New Dilemmas in Ethics, Technology and War, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, West Point, November 4-6, 2015

The International Criminal Court and Nuclear Weapons, Remarks by Roger S. Clark, New Zealand/Switzerland discussion on "Nuclear Weapons and International Law," October 18, 2013

Were Nuclear Weapons Born Illegal? Remarks by John Burroughs at the international seminar, Roads to Nuclear Disarmament: A Case of Convergence in Diversity, Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Santiago, January 8-9, 2015

Commentary on Transform Now Plowshares Case, Anabel Dwyer, February 2014
- "3 peace activists sentenced for breaking into nuclear site," Dan Zak, Washington Post, February 18, 2014
- LCNP Sentencing Letter, January 13, 2014

International Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons, by John Burroughs, and Hope for Nuclear Abolition: The Humanitarian Perspective, by Ira Helfand and Andrew S. Kanter, Disarmament Times, Winter 2013, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security

Event Report: Nuclear Weapons and International Law, Guy Quinlan, First Committee Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, October 21, 2013

Beyond International Humanitarian Law, Event at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, April 22, 2013, with John Burroughs, Madeleine Rees, and Paul Meyer



John Burroughs (text as prepared)
Madeleine Rees (text as delivered)
Paul Meyer (text as prepared)

How Reliance on Nuclear Weapons Erodes and Distorts International Law and Global Order, John Burroughs, Cadmus Journal, November 2012
Plus articles by LCNP board member James Ranney and others

Breaking the Nuclear Chain Webinar, November 2012 International and humanitarian law, John Burroughs

Global Rule of Law & Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Web Seminar, World Academy of Art & Science, May 15, 2012
Abolition of nuclear weapons [audio], Alyn Ware
Moving beyond deterrence [audio], John Burroughs paper

Joint statement of 16 nations on the humanitarian dimension of nuclear disarmament, Ambassador Benno Laggner, NPT PrepCom, May 2, 2012, Vienna

The Humanitarian Dimension of Nuclear Disarmament, John Burroughs, First Committee Monitor, Reaching Critical Will, October 29, 2012, pp. 5-6

Working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons, Resolution of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, November 26, 2011

Fordham International Law Journal Nuclear Weapons and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Charles J. Moxley, Jr., John Burroughs and Jonathan Granoff, Fordham International Law Journal (Vol. 34, 2011) Obama's Nuclear Posture Review, Charles J. Moxley, Jr., Fordham International Law Journal (Vol. 34, 2011) Taking the Law Seriously: The Imperative Need for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, Peter Weiss, Fordham International Law Journal (Vol. 34, 2011)

Vancouver Declaration Vancouver Declaration: Law's Imperative for the Urgent Achievement of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, February 11, 2011 [In Russian] Signatories to the Vancouver Declaration, February 2013 Media Release, March 23, 2011 Nuclear Energy and Weapons: Uncontrollable in Time and Space, Alyn Ware, HuffPost Green, March 23, 2011 "Absolute Prohibition of an Absolute Evil," Ernie Regehr, disarmingconflict.ca, March 30, 2011 Law’s Imperative, John Burroughs, Reaching Critical Will Blog, April 15, 2011 Public Momentum Builds Against Nukes, Haider Rizvi, IPS, March 25, 2011

Vancouver Conference Humanitarian Law, Human Security: The Emerging Paradigm for Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Vancouver, February 10-11, 2011. Hosted by The Simons Foundation and co-convened by IALANA Conference Statement of Intent Participant Profiles Remarks of Nicholas Grief - Nuclear Weapons: The Legal Status of Use, Threat and Possession Speaking Notes of Victor Vavricka, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Remarks of Peter Weiss: How Many Points of the Law is Possession? Remarks of Randy Rydell: Bringing Democracy and the Rule of Law to Disarmament Paper by Toshinori Yamada: Japan's View of the Use of Nuclear Weapons Paper by Elizabeth Shafer: Humanitarian Law and the Nuclear Disarmament Obligation

International Law, Disarmament, Women and Human Rights, Outcome of Expert Meeting, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, December 2011, Geneva

IALANA Declaration, June 2011

Sign Citizens’ Affirmation on Criminality of Use of Nuclear Weapons, June 2011

The Nuclear Question: The Church’s Teachings and the Current State of Affairs, Remarks by Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, Kansas City, MO, July 1, 2011
          Key Points of Landmark Speech, LCNP July 2011

Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons, Panel Discussion, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, December 6, 2010

Activists argue for right to protest at Y-12, Matt Lakin, Knoxville News Sentinel, March 4, 2011

Nuclear Weapons and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Charles J. Moxley, Jr., John Burroughs and Jonathan Granoff, prepublication draft, Fordham International Law Journal, Winter 2011

Taking the Law Seriously: The Imperative Need for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, Peter Weiss, prepublication draft, Fordham International Law Journal, Winter 2011

International Environmental Law and Nuclear Winter, Ed Chen, 2010

Debunking the Nuclear Deterrence Myth, Kanya D'Almeida, IPS, December 9, 2010

Remarks on Receiving the Haas Peace Award, Peter Weiss, November 8, 2010

Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons, UN panel, October 25. 2010, with Peter Weiss, Jonathan Granoff, Charles Moxley, and John Burroughs

Humanitarian law or nuclear weapons: choose one, John Burroughs, October 4, 2010, First Committee Monitor edited by Reaching Critical Will

Nuclear Weapons and the Rule of Law, Sergio Duarte, 33 Fordham Int'l L.J. 573 (2009)

LCNP Letter re Nuclear Posture Review and the Law, August 10, 2009

The International Law Obligation for Nuclear and General Disarmament, Peter Weiss, June 26, 2009

International Committee of the Red Cross Statement on Cluster Munitions, Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War, and Nuclear Weapons, UN General Assembly, First Committee, October 10, 2009: "Nuclear weapons are unique in their destructive power, in the unspeakable human suffering they cause, in the impossibility of controlling their effects in space and time, in the risks of escalation and in the threat they pose to the environment, to future generations, indeed, to the survival of humanity. The ICRC appeals to all States to ensure that these weapons are never used again, regardless of their views on the legality of such use."

From the ICJ to the IJC: Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Lawyers' Responsibilities, Anabel Dwyer, Michigan International Lawyer, fall 2009, p. 8

Good Faith Negotiations Leading to the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: Request for an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, May 2009
Press release
Groups Seek World Court Opinion on Nukes, Thalif Deen, IPS, May 11, 2009
Resolution of IALANA General Assembly, June 2009

Good Faith, International Law, and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, May 1, 2008 Conference, Geneva Judge Mohammed Bedjaoui, Keynote Address, May 1, 2008, Geneva Peter Weiss, Remarks on Judge Bedjaoui’s Keynote Address Professor Karima Bennoune, The Intersection of Nuclear Weapons and International Human Rights Law Professor Marcelo Kohen, Remarks Good Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International Law, John Burroughs, News in Review, Final Edition, No. 9, 28 April – 9 May 2008

Seminar Marking the 10th Anniversary of the Nuclear Weapons Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, with Judge Christopher Weeramantry, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, and others, Peace Palace, the Hague, July 5, 2006, pp. 7-23

The Trident and International Law: Scotland's Obligations, Judge Christopher Weeramantry, Edinburgh, February 3, 2009

Recent Developments in the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons, John Burroughs, Edinburgh, February 3, 2009

Nuclear Free Obligations and Trident II, Anabel Dwyer, February 26, 2009, Seattle

Nuclear fastball: Palin, Biden strike out, John Burroughs, DisarmamentActivist.org, October 6, 2008 - commentary on vice-presidential debate question: Should nuclear weapons use ever be put into play?

The Legal and Policy Imperatives for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Statement of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, July 2008
Ending U.S. Reliance on Nuclear Weapons and Achieving Their Global Elimination: Wise Policy and Required by Law, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, March 2008

Good Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International Law, John Burroughs, News in Review, Final Edition, No. 9, 28 April – 9 May 2008 Trial of the Ground Zero Three, Port Orchard, Washington, January 2007 From Auschwitz to Trident (YouTube), John Burroughs, Seattle Town Hall, January 20, 2007 (slides) The Legal Framework for Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Briefing Paper for Greenpeace International, John Burroughs, February 2006 Legal Requirements to Achieve Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, John Burroughs, Article VI Forum, The Hague, March 2, 2006 Thirteen Practical Steps: Legal or Political?, Peter Weiss, John Burroughs, Michael Spies, May 2005 Fundamental Legal Obligations Regarding Nuclear Weapons, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, May 2007 LCNP Statement on Replacement of the UK Trident System, March 2007 Peacerights legal opinion on the replacement of the UK Trident, March 6, 2007 Legal Opinion re UK Trident plans, Philippe Sands and Helen Law, Matrix Chambers, November 13, 2006, commissioned by Greenpeace UK Law School Readings on Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War Weapons of Mass Destruction and Human Rights, Peter Weiss and John Burroughs, Disarmament Forum, July 2004