IEER Blog On January 22, 2021, nuclear weapons will be illegal under international law

In 2017, the United Nations General Assembly convened a conference to consider a treaty on a complete ban on nuclear weapons — including their manufacture, possession, use, transfer, and testing. On July 7, 2017, 122 countries voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, with one abstention and one vote against. The […] The post On January 22, 2021, nuclear weapons will be illegal under international law appeared first on Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.