A Comparison of National Reviews of The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Onderco, M. & Farres Jimenez, A (2021) A Comparison of National Reviews of The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Paper Nr 76

This paper maps and analyses the national reviews of the TPNW conducted by Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. These reviews differ in length, depth and purpose, while presenting a wide range of important arguments, both from legal and policy perspectives. The focus is on three main aspects: the interplay between the TPNW and the existing legal instruments, and general international law; the verification provisions of the TPNW; and the consequences of signing the TPNW for security cooperation with NPT-designated nuclear weapons states. Through the comparative analysis of those national reviews, this paper seeks a better understanding of how the TPNW is seen and interpreted by several European states, which will clarify what the next steps towards a future common European position should be.

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