Ban the bomb?: An Australian response
By R. Lennane | November 1, 2014
Decades after several nuclear weapon states committed themselves to pursuing disarmament "in good faith" and "at an early date," frustration over the pace of disarmament is growing more conspicuous. For example, calls are emerging to establish a treaty banning nuclear weapons, essentially making outlaws of nuclear-armed nations. Authors from three countries—Richard Lennane of Australia, Bharat Karnad of India (
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“How would prospects for disarmament be affected if non-nuclear nations established a treaty that banned nuclear weapons outright—and how might such a ban be enforced?”
It might help if the Ban were self proving, ie, if signatories agreed to provide publicly available, continuous monitoring, record keeping and reporting of their compliance with the Ban.
However, unilateral disarmament is the only policy consistent with human rights.