International Law

Research Handbook on International Arms Control Law

Edited by Eric P.J. Myjer · Thilo Marauhn
Edward Elgar Publishing December 2022

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ISBN-13
9781788111898
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication
December 2022
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This Research Handbook provides a broad yet detailed treatment of international arms control law. It takes stock of existing arms control agreements, addresses current challenges and aims to indicate avenues for the future development of this distinct branch of public international law.

Split across nine thematic parts, this comprehensive Handbook goes beyond the pure encyclopaedic approach by providing analytical and doctrinal guidance. Chapters provide extensive analysis of international arms control law, addressing both conventional weapons and new technologies, contextualising arms control law and politics through identifying actors, forums and regulatory approaches. The impressive list of contributors also explore geographical zones of arms control including Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Investigating both complex theoretical and recent practical approaches into arms control law, this Research Handbook will be an ideal read for interested students and academics as well as practitioners involved in conflict, security and international law.

Table of Contents

PART I. ARMS CONTROL LAW IN CONTEXT
1. Arms control law and international conflict and security law
Eric P.J. Myjer and Thilo Marauhn
2. International law and international relations in arms control: The case of nuclear weapons
Paul Rusman
3. Technology and arms control law
Jonathan Herbach
PART II. FORUMS
4. The League of Nations period
Alexander Orakhelashvili
5. The United Nations as a forum for arms control
Eric P.J. Myjer and Thilo Marauhn
6. The UN Conference on Disarmament
Judith Thorn
7. The European Union and international arms control: Assessing legal competences and instruments
Ramses A. Wessel
PART III. REGULATORY APPROACHES
8. Prevention and prohibitions as elements of arms control
Dieter Fleck
9. Strategic trade controls
Daniel H. Joyner
10. Command and control as a subject of arms control
Barry de Vries and Rafael Lima Asche
11. Informal efforts
Mirko Sossai
PART IV. NUCLEAR WEAPONS
12. Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
Tom Coppen
13. Nuclear test ban 170
Masahiko Asada
14. Limitation and reduction of nuclear arsenals
Piet de Klerk
15. Nuclear security
Jonathan Herbach
16. Regulatory regimes for missile defence systems and fissile material
Hennie Strydom
17. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Harald Müller
PART V. BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS
18. The 1925 Geneva Protocol
Michael Bothe
19. The Biological Weapons Convention
Una Jakob
20. The Chemical Weapons Convention
Ralf Trapp
PART VI. CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
21. The CCW – a vital potential role
William H. Boothby
22. The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty
Wolfgang Richter
23. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
Stuart Casey-Maslen
24. The ENMOD Convention
Silja Vöneky
25. The UN Arms Trade Treaty: A breakthrough or with some birth defects?
Zeray Yihdego
PART VII. NEW TECHNOLOGIES
26.
3D printing
Barry de Vries
27. Unmanned military systems and autonomous weapons systems
Robert Frau
28. The regulation of cyber weapons
Nicholas Tsagourias and Giacomo Biggio
PART VIII. SPECIFIC ZONES OF ARMS CONTROL
29. Nuclear-weapon-free zones and other nuclear-free areas
Natalino Ronzitti
30. Demilitarised zones
Marco Roscini and Marco Longobardo
PART IX. SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENT
31. The limited role of judicial dispute settlement
James D. Fry and Saroj Nair
32.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Laura Rockwood
33. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Treasa Dunworth
34. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: Preparatory Commission
Jenifer Mackby
35. The OSCE
Maria Brandstetter and Lisa Tabassi
36. The United Nations Security Council and arms control: A failure of responsibility
Mary Ellen O’Connell and Sawyer White
Concluding remarks
Eric P.J. Myjer and Thilo Marauhn

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