Nicolas Boeglin
US tells the world it’s withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
On August 4, 2017, the United States officially notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change signed in December 2015. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the depositary of this multilateral agreement, signed by 195 States, and ratified… »
Without any in situ inspection, OPCW confirms sarin exposure during the explosion that took place in Syria on 4th April
On April 19, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), confirmed that “the analysis indicates that the victims were exposed to Sarin or a Sarin-like substance” during the events in Idlib, Syria, last April 4th (see full text of the press release issued at the end of… »
Chemical weapons in Syria and UN Security Council: No resolution adopted
Would you like to know why? On April 12, the Security Council met again to discuss the issue of chemical substances that caused the deaths of 87 persons on April the 4th in Syria. A first urgent session took place on April the 5th on the very same topic (see… »
Denmark withdraws from airstrikes in Syria and Iraq
Denmark announced on Friday 2nd of December, its decision to suspend military operations of its seven F-16 fighter jets in Syria and Iraq. A few days beforehand, a military investigation indicated that Danish fighter jets were involved in a September 17th airstrike by the coalition, in which a series of… »
Against the abusive use of the self-defence plea when dealing with terrorism
A letter signed by a great number of professors of international law and researchers entitled “A plea against the abusive invocation of self-defence as a response to terrorism” has been circulating on the web for a few weeks. Among the signatories, of which there are more than 220 professors and… »
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Milagro Sala
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
