IRG 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Genocide Convention, Thermonuclear Weapon, List Of States With Nuclear Weapons

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: International Relations and Global Studies
• Course: IRG 301
• Professor: Anderson Michael

Document Summary

Nuclear proliferation: dawn of the nuclear age, assessing international law, towards disarmament. Terms: hague convention, articles 22/23, genocide convention, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, article 6. Notes: trinity atomic test, july 16th, 1945. Success of test of first nuclear weapon in a desert in new. August 6th saw the first use of nuclear weapons on hiroshima, Radiation affects have gone on for years after. Years after first and only use in war, multiple nations have entered the nuclear club : us, uk, france, china, ussr, p5: permanent members of the un security. After its use we see efforts to curb the use, regulate, or getting regress for using these weapons. After ww2, we have international courts set up, some extensions of previous international judicial bodies: hague convention, 1907: Regulations respecting the laws and customs of war on land. Article 22: the right of belligerents to adopt means of injuring the enemy is not unlimited.