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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.

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Author:   Eric P.J. Myjer ,  Thilo Marauhn
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781788111898

ISBN 10:   1788111893
Pages:   668
Publication Date:   06 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: PART I ARMS CONTROL LAW IN CONTEXT 1 Arms control law and international conflict and security law 2 Eric P.J. Myjer and Thilo Marauhn 2 International law and international relations in arms control: The case of nuclear weapons 21 Paul Rusman 3 Technology and arms control law 40 Jonathan Herbach PART II FORUMS 4 The League of Nations period 56 Alexander Orakhelashvili 5 The United Nations as a forum for arms control 67 Eric P.J. Myjer and Thilo Marauhn 6 The UN Conference on Disarmament 77 Judith Thorn 7 The European Union and international arms control: Assessing legal competences and instruments 89 Ramses A. Wessel PART III REGULATORY APPROACHES 8 Prevention and prohibitions as elements of arms control 105 Dieter Fleck 9 Strategic trade controls 120 Daniel H. Joyner 10 Command and control as a subject of arms control 130 Barry de Vries and Rafael Lima Asche 11 Informal efforts 142 Mirko Sossai PART IV NUCLEAR WEAPONS 12 Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons 155 Tom Coppen 13 Nuclear test ban 170 Masahiko Asada 14 Limitation and reduction of nuclear arsenals 187 Piet de Klerk 15 Nuclear security 203 Jonathan Herbach 16 Regulatory regimes for missile defence systems and fissile material 215 Hennie Strydom 17 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 235 Harald Müller PART V BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS 18 The 1925 Geneva Protocol 250 Michael Bothe 19 The Biological Weapons Convention 258 Una Jakob 20 The Chemical Weapons Convention 278 Ralf Trapp PART VI CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 21 The CCW – a vital potential role 298 William H. Boothby 22 The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty 314 Wolfgang Richter 23 The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 347 Stuart Casey-Maslen 24 The ENMOD Convention 359 Silja Vöneky 25 The UN Arms Trade Treaty: A breakthrough or with some birth defects? 377 Zeray Yihdego PART VII NEW TECHNOLOGIES 26 3D printing 408 Barry de Vries 27 Unmanned military systems and autonomous weapons systems 423 Robert Frau 28 The regulation of cyber weapons 440 Nicholas Tsagourias and Giacomo Biggio PART VIII SPECIFIC ZONES OF ARMS CONTROL 29 Nuclear-weapon-free zones and other nuclear-free areas 456 Natalino Ronzitti 30 Demilitarised zones 466 Marco Roscini and Marco Longobardo PART IX SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENT 31 The limited role of judicial dispute settlement 481 James D. Fry and Saroj Nair 32 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 502 Laura Rockwood 33 The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) 529 Treasa Dunworth 34 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: Preparatory Commission 543 Jenifer Mackby 35 The OSCE 568 Maria Brandstetter and Lisa Tabassi 36 The United Nations Security Council and arms control: A failure of responsibility 592 Mary Ellen O’Connell and Sawyer White Concluding remarks 609 Eric P.J. Myjer and Thilo Marauhn Index

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Edited by Eric P.J. Myjer, Emeritus Professor of Conflict and Security Law, School of Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Thilo Marauhn, Professor of Public and International Law, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Research Group Leader Public International Law, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany and Professor of International Arms Control Law, Asser Institute / University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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