The inadmissibility of nuclear threats within the NPT regime - Working Group 2 Policy Brief

This project is funded by: 2 The inadmissibility of nuclear threats within the NPT regime Introduction The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is regarded as the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation reg. [...] In 2014, the UN General Assembly resolution on the ‘Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons’ reiterated the need for a multilateral, universal, and binding agreement prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.18 In 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee stated that the “threat or use of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, which are indiscrimina. [...] States should take efforts to prevent the erosion of the nuclear taboo, reinforce the principle of the non-use of force, and declare the inadmissibility of all nuclear weapons use and threat of use. [...] States should take efforts to prevent the erosion of the nuclear taboo, reinforce the principle of the non-use of force, and declare the inadmissibility of all nuclear weapons use and threat of use. [...] 12 The inadmissibility of nuclear threats within the NPT regime References 1 Statement by the Representative of the Delegation 11 Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group, of the Russian Federation in Exercise of the Right of US Department of State, 17 April 2023, .