Jun 21, 2019 | Blogroll, Movement News
On October 24, 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee adopted General Comment 36 on the Right to Life, which affirmed, amongst other things, that the ‘threat or use of nuclear weapons is incompatible with the Right to Life and may amount to a crime under...
Jun 5, 2019 | AGM, Blogroll, Movement News, United Nations
Abolition 2000, at its Annual Assembly in New York on May 5, 2019, established a new working group on Peace, climate protection, nuclear abolition and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to: a) build cooperation between the constituencies working on these issues,...
Apr 27, 2019 | Blogroll, Movement News
Dear friends and colleagues, It’s that time of the NPT cycle when many of the members of our network converge on New York in order to participate in the NPT PrepCom. On January 24, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept its iconic Doomsday Clock at two minutes to...
Apr 2, 2019 | Blogroll, Webinar
The webinar will provide an overview of nuclear disarmament processes and events happening in 2019, and the main nuclear disarmament campaigns and actions by parliamentarians, mayors and civil society. The webinar will introduce Abolition 2000 working groups,...
Feb 21, 2019 | Blogroll, Movement News
2018 was a busy year for our movement. Here are the highlights from Abolition 2000 member organisations and activists in our 2018 Annual Report… Annual Report 2018
Jan 25, 2019 | Blogroll, Movement News
Citing lack of progress on nuclear risks and climate change dangers as “the new abnormal,” the Doomsday Clock remains at 2 minutes to midnight, as close to the symbolic point of annihilation that the iconic Clock has been since 1953 at the height of the Cold War. The...
