Nuclear Weapons and International Law 2020 (Webinar)
This virtual conference sponsored by the International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will bring together thought-leaders, policy-makers, and experts – from the UN, other domestic and international governmental agencies, think-tanks, NGOs, and academia – for a comprehensive examination of this still grave but often overlooked subject. The program includes panels on the present facts and policies about nuclear weapons, international law, including present and proposed treaties, the role of the UN and other organizations, and how to both increase public awareness of the continued threat of nuclear weapon and create new, more stable international norms of conduct and policy.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 12, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET: Webinar
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET: Virtual Reception
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & PROGRAM RECORDING
Click here to view the conference proceedings published by the Fordham Law International Law Journal.
Click here to view the program recording.
MAJOR KEYNOTES AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
- Hon. Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary General and high Representative for Disarmament Affairs – Ranking UN official on disarmament.
- Hon. Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, U.S. ambassador, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State – Ranking State Department official on non-proliferation.
- Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Hon. Thomas Graham, Jr., Former Special Representative for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament; former General Counsel, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency – Leading U.S. negotiator of seminal nuclear arms control treaties.
- Kathleen Lawand, Strategic Adviser to Director of International Law and Policy, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Former Head of Arms Unit, ICRC
- Hon. Jerry Brown, Former California Governor and Executive Chairman, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – a Leader of worldwide efforts to address nuclear weapons risks.
CO-SPONSORING GROUPS:
Fordham Law School Center on National Security
Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
American Bar Association, International Law Section
Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice
New York County Lawyers Association, Committee on Foreign & International Law
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Thank You to our Sponsors!
- November 12, 2020
- 9:00 AM
- 7:00 PM
- Virtual Participation
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Introduction
Prof. Charles J. Moxley, Jr., Professor (Adj.), Fordham Law School; Chair, Moxley ADR LLC
Prof. John D. Feerick, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Fordham Law School
Scott M. Karson, President, New York State Bar Association
Edward K. Lenci, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (NYC); Chair-Elect, International Section of the New York State Bar Association
Ariana N. Smith, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute; Senior Advisor, Permanent Secretariat of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates
9:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Panel 1: Overview: Nuclear Weapons Risks, Consequences and Responses
Addresses the facts, policies, and history as to nuclear weapons and the consequent risks.
MODERATOR:
Prof. Charles J. Moxley, Jr.
SPEAKERS:
Prof. Osamu Arakaki, Professor of Law, International Christian University, Japan
Hon. Bonnie Jenkins, Founder and President, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation; Former Special Envoy and Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, U.S. Department of State
Hans M. Kristensen, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
Prof. Scott Sagan, Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Hon. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Introduction by Ariana N. Smith
11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Panel 2: The Role of the United Nations
Addresses the multi-faceted role of the United Nations in relation to nuclear weapons, including the Secretary-General’s 2018 disarmament agenda, Securing Our Common Future; International Court of Justice cases; the 2017 adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; a 2018 comment of the UN Human Rights Committee; and functions of the UN General Assembly and the Conference on Disarmament.
MODERATOR:
Ariana N. Smith
PANEL:
Hon. Izumi Nakamitsu
Dr. John Burroughs, Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Allison Pytlak, Programme Manager, Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
12:20 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Lunch
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Remarks
Patricia Lee Refo, President, American Bar Association
A Special Conversation on Responding to the Greatest Threats to Humanity
Hon. Jerry Brown, Former Governor, State of California; Executive Chairman, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Jonathan Granoff
1:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Panel 3: The International Treaty Regime Applicable to Nuclear Weapons and Further Treaties That Have Been Proposed
Addresses treaties, norms, policies, and practices concerning nuclear weapons.
MODERATOR:
Jonathan Granoff
SPEAKERS:
Hon. Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, U.S. Ambassador, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State
Hon. Thomas Graham, Jr., Former Special Representative for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Former General Counsel, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
2:40 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Break
2:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Panel 4: International Law and Threat and Use of Nuclear Weapons
Addresses the legal status of use and threat of use of nuclear weapons under the international law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) and the UN Charter, with reference to law of war manuals of the U.S. armed services, commentaries of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and other sources.
MODERATOR:
Dr. John Burroughs
SPEAKERS:
Prof. David A. Koplow, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Former Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense
Kathleen Lawand, Strategic Adviser to Director of International Law and Policy, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Former Head of Arms Unit, ICRC
Prof. Charles J. Moxley, Jr.
4:10 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Panel 5: Approaches for Advancing the Rule of Law and Morality as Concerns Nuclear Weapons
Addresses approaches for advancing the rule of law and morality as concerns nuclear weapons, including considerations as to litigation, defense of protesters, shareholders litigation, shareholders resolutions, FOIA requests, civic advocacy, universal jurisdiction, election of proactive prosecutors, civil engagement, the work of major faith groups, and other approaches.
MODERATOR:
Prof. Charles J. Moxley, Jr.
SPEAKERS:
Laurie Ashton, Of Counsel, Keller Rohrback; Member of Legal Team for the Marshall Islands in Its Nuclear Disarmament Cases in the International Court of Justice; Counsel for Marshall Islands in Its Nuclear Disarmament Case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation; North American Coordinator, Mayors for Peace
Rev. Prof. Drew Christiansen, S.J., Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development, Walsh School of Foreign Service, and Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Tom Z. Collina, Director of Policy, Ploughshares Fund, and Co-author, with William J. Perry, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump (BenBella Books, 2020)
Audrey Kitagawa, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Virtual Reception
- Prof. Osamu Arakaki, International Christian University, Japan
- Laurie Ashton, Of Counsel, Keller Rohrback; Member of Legal Team for the Marshall Islands in Its Nuclear Disarmament Cases in the International Court of Justice; Counsel for Marshall Islands in Its Nuclear Disarmament Case in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Hon. Jerry Brown, Former Governor, State of California; Executive Chairman, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Dr. John Burroughs, Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
- Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation; North American Coordinator, Mayors for Peace
- Rev. Prof. Drew Christiansen, SJ, Speaker, Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development, Walsh School of Foreign Service, and Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Georgetown University
- Tom Z. Collina, Director of Policy, Ploughshares Fund, and Co-author, with William J. Perry, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump (BenBella Books, 2020)
- Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Prof. John D. Feerick, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Fordham Law School
- Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, U.S. Ambassador, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State
- Hon. Thomas Graham, Jr., Former Special Representative for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament; Former General Counsel, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute
- Hon. Bonnie Jenkins, Founder and President, Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation; Former Special Envoy and Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, U.S. Department of State
- Scott M. Karson, President, New York State Bar Association
- Audrey Kitagawa, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions
- Prof. David A. Koplow, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Former Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense
- Hans M. Kristensen, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
- Kathleen Lawand, Strategic Adviser to Director of International Law and Policy, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Former Head of Arms Unit, ICRC
- Edward K. Lenci, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (NYC); Chair-Elect, International Section of the New York State Bar Association.
- Prof. Charles J. Moxley, Jr., Professor (Adj.), Fordham Law School and Principal, Moxley ADR LLC
- Hon. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
- Allison Pytlak, Programme Manager, Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- Patricia Lee Refo, President, American Bar Association
- Prof. Scott Sagan, Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- Ariana N. Smith, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
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