CAMPAIGN NEWS: Lawyers for Peace Open Letter to the PM Dear Prime Minister Albanese, As Australian lawyers, we believe that international law can play a powerful role in nuclear disarmament and the creation of new norms, leading to increased peace and security for...
Media Release: Australian Lawyers call on PM to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty MEDIA RELEASE: Australian Lawyers call on PM to sign nuclear weapon ban treaty Today, on the 79th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, a group of...
The Guardian, Daniel Hurst 24 July 2024 Nuclear ‘loophole’ on uranium transfers needs closing, UN forum told The world should close a “loophole” that allows countries with nuclear weapons to transfer highly enriched uranium to non-nuclear weapons states such as...
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Media Release: Civil society claims AUKUS exacerbates nuclear proliferation risks 24 July 2024 The Australian-born Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is among 125 civil society...
CAMPAIGN NEWS: AUKUS civil society statement delivered to the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) began its second session at the...
A new article by Peter Cronau states that ‘the expansion of Pine Gap’s capabilities to assist a US strike on China amplifies the risk of … a nuclear war’. It highlights the dangers of Australia assisting in nuclear war planning and is clearly contrary to the spirit of...