Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was negotiated at the United Nations in New York in March, June, and July 2017, with the participation of more than 135 countries, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and members of civil society. On 7 July 2017, 122 states voted in favour of the Treaty’s adoption. It opened for signature on 20 September 2017 and after receiving 50 ratifications, the TPNW entered into force on 22 January 2021.

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Reaching Critical Will resources

RCW's response to the first draft text of the Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (June 2017)
Banning nuclear weapons: prohibitions for a nuclear weapon ban treaty (June 2017)
Banning nuclear weapons: principles and elements for a legally binding instrument (March 2017)
Filling the legal gap: the prohibition of nuclear weapons (April 2015)
A treaty banning nuclear weapons: developing a legal framework for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons (April 2014)
Banning nuclear weapons: an effective measure for nuclear disarmament (October 2014)
Preventing collapse: the NPT and a ban on nuclear weapons (October 2013)
Unspeakable suffering: the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons (February 2013)

Conference resources

Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, 7 July 2017
Voting record, 7 July 2017

Background information

Other resources

Ban Brief at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Blog
ICAN's nuclearban.org
UN official website

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