The Verification and National Implementation of International Instruments for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Security

Autores

  • Hassan Elbahtimy Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) in the War Studies Department, King’s College, London. His research interests include the role international organisations play in the nuclear field, arms control verification and WMD politics in the Middle East. Holds a PhD from the War Studies Department in 2013 for a thesis that addressed the historical origins of Egypt’s nuclear policy. He holds the United Nations Disarmament Fellowship (2006).
  • Sonia Drobysz Legal Officer for the National Implementation Measures Programme at the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), London, working on the national implementation of international instruments related to nuclear security, UN Security Council Resolution 1540 and the Biological Weapons Convention. Holds a PhD in international law from University Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and a university diploma in international nuclear law from University Montpellier 1/OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.

Resumo

Collective international efforts to address and mitigate the risk of nuclear misuse have resulted in an expanding body of instruments that can be called the global nuclear regime. This article examines the role played by some of the major international instruments in the nuclear field particularly the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in addressing nuclear proliferation and security. In particular, it introduces and explains the concepts of verification and national implementation as important components of nuclear control regimes and addresses the role they play in ensuring that states are abiding by their international obligations. Specifically, the article examines some of the verification mechanisms and national implementation measures developed for these instruments, and discusses how they operate.

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Publicado

2024-10-07

Edição

N.º 140 (2015): Nuclear Proliferation

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