Latest publications
2022 2022 NPT briefing book
Published in advance of the 2022 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, this briefing book provides an overview of critical issues and offers recommendations to governments for the Review...
2022 Assuring destruction forever: 2022 edition
This updated study explores the ongoing and planned nuclear weapon modernisation programmes in China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russian...
2021 Programming action: observations from small arms control for cyber peace
This briefing paper explores observations from the UN Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons process that can be applied to the growing calls for a programme of action on...
2021 First Committee briefing book 2021
Published ahead of the 2021 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve...
2020 First Committee briefing book 2020
Published ahead of the 2020 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve...
2020 Locked out during lockdown: an analysis of the UN system during COVID-19
The report provides an overview of the impact of the COVID-19-related changes in process and procedure at the United Nations, particularly in terms of transparency and accessibility to civil...
2020 Assuring destruction forever: 2020 edition
This updated study explores the ongoing and planned nuclear weapon modernisation programmes in China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russian...
2020 Why gender matters in international cyber security
WILPF and the Association for Progressive Communications have co-authored a new report looking at why and how gender matters in international cyber peace and security.
2020 Response to the draft elements for a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in popula
WILPF published comments and suggestions in response to draft elements for a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, circulated by the government of Ireland...
2020 2020 NPT briefing book
Published in advance of the 2020 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, this briefing book provides an overview of critical issues and offers recommendations to governments for the Review...
2020 Recommendations for a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
As a contribution to the diplomatic process to address humanitarian harm from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, WILPF has published these recommendations for the development of a...
2020 Autonomous weapons and patriarchy
This paper series provides feminist analyses of particular problems posed by the development and potential use of autonomous weapon systems.
2020 Autonomous weapons and gender-based violence
This paper series provides feminist analyses of particular problems posed by the development and potential use of autonomous weapon systems.
2019 We Are Still Here: Mosulite Women 500 Days After the Conclusion of the Coalition Military Operation
WILPF has released a comprehensive report about the gendered impacts of military operations in Mosul, Iraq.
2019 First Committee briefing book 2019
Published ahead of the 2019 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve...
2019 Assuring destruction forever: 2019 edition
This updated study explores the ongoing and planned nuclear weapon modernisation programmes in China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United...
2019 2019 NPT briefing book
Published in advance of the 2019 Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee, this briefing book provides an overview of the current state of play and the critical issues ahead for this review...
2019 A WILPF Guide to Killer Robots
Reaching Critical Will is pleased to have published a new resource guide for the WILPF network about autonomous weapon systems, also known as killer robots.
2019 Gender and armed violence: A look at the situation in Cameroon, WILPF Cameroon
This publication is part of a research series on local and national perspectives on preventing gender-based violence through arms control. It is written by WILPF Guy Feugap of WILPF Cameroon.
2019 The link between the proliferation of SALW and gender-based violence in the DRC
This publication is part of a research series on local and national perspectives on preventing gender-based violence through arms control.
2018 First Committee briefing book 2018
Published ahead of the 2018 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve...
2018 Assuring destruction forever: 2018 edition
This updated study explores the ongoing and planned nuclear weapon modernisation programmes in China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
2018 The nuclear weapon ban treaty: a resource guide for WILPF
Reaching Critical Will is pleased to have published a new resource guide for the WILPF network about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
2018 2018 NPT Briefing Book
Published in advance of the 2018 Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee, this briefing book provides an overview of the current state of play and the critical issues ahead for this review...
2017 Remote warfare and sexual violence in Djibouti
This report looks at possible connections between foreign military bases and sexual violence in the East African country of Djibouti.
2017 Preventing gender-based violence through effective Arms Trade Treaty implementation
This briefing paper provides tools and guidelines for effective implementation of the gender-based violence provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty.
2017 First Committee briefing book 2017
Published ahead of the 2017 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve progress.
2017 Banning nuclear weapons: prohibitions for a nuclear weapon ban treaty
This discussion paper outlines Reaching Critical Will’s view of important principles, prohibitions, and positive obligations for a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
2017 2017 NPT briefing book
Published in advance of the 2017 Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee, this briefing book provides an overview of the current state of play and the critical issues ahead for this review...
2017 The humanitarian impact of drones
This study examines various humanitarian impacts of the use of armed drones from a number of different perspectives and regions.
2016 First Committee briefing book 2016
Published ahead of the 2016 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve...
2016 The Spanish arms trade and risk assessments
This publication is a case study associated with our report Preventing gender-based violence through arms control: tools and guidelines to implement the Arms Trade Treaty and UN Programme of...
2016 The Swedish arms trade and risk assessments: does a feminist foreign policy make a difference?
This publication is a case study associated with our report Preventing gender-based violence through arms control: tools and guidelines to implement the Arms Trade Treaty and UN Programme of...
2016 Explosive weapons and the right to health, education, and adequate housing
Together with WILPF's Human Rights programme, Reaching Critical Will prepared three briefs to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on the transfer of weapons from France, Sweden,...
2016 Preventing gender-based violence through arms control: tools and guidelines to implement the Arms Tr
This report provides tools and guidelines for effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty and the UN Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons provisions related to gender-based...
2016 Trading arms, bombing towns: the lethal connection between the international arms trade and the use
This briefing paper looks at the lethal connection between the international arms trade and the use of explosive weapons in populated areas and makes recommendations to governments and others on...
2015 2015 NPT Briefing Book
In advance of the 2015 NPT Review Conference, Reaching Critical Will has produced a briefing book that highlights a few critical issues that states must take into consideration during the Conference...
2015 Women, weapons, and war: a gendered critique of multilateral instruments
This publication considers synergies—and contradictions—related to gender and women in a number of multilateral resolutions, treaties, and commitments on conventional weapons and women's rights and...
2015 First Committee briefing book 2015
Published ahead of the 2015 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve progress.
2015 Gender-based violence and the Arms Trade Treaty
This briefing paper aims to provide some background on the terminology around GBV and to highlight questions that will be relevant for risk assessments under article 6 and 7 of the Arms Trade...
2015 Filling the legal gap: the prohibition of nuclear weapons
This table overleaf from Reaching Critical Will and Article 36 summaries the gaps in existing treaty law related to nuclear weapons that could be filled by a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
2015 Assuring destruction forever: 2015 edition
Published ahead of the 2015 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve progress.
2014 Filling the gap: report on the Vienna conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons
This publication is a conference report for the meeting hosted by the government of Austria on 8-9 December 2014 on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.
2014 Sex and drone strikes: gender and identity in targeting and casualty analysis
This paper from Reaching Critical Will and Article 36 addresses concerns that the sex of individuals is being used as a signifier to designate people as militants in drone strike targeting...
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