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Cases and materials |
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Preface |
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The aim and layout of the guide |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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1 | (12) |
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The rationale of disarmament |
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1 | (3) |
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Disarmament until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles |
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4 | (3) |
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Disarmament and the League of Nations |
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7 | (2) |
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Disarmament since the establishment of the United Nations |
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9 | (4) |
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1 The core concepts of international disarmament law |
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13 | (21) |
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The definition and scope of disarmament |
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13 | (3) |
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Disarmament and international law |
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16 | (10) |
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The primary and subsidiary sources of international law |
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16 | (1) |
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Treaty as a primary source of international law |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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Customary international law |
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20 | (2) |
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General principles of disarmament law |
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22 | (1) |
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The notions of 'jurisdiction' and 'control' |
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22 | (2) |
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Geographical jurisdiction |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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Weapons, military equipment, and dual-use items |
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27 | (1) |
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Weapons of mass destruction |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (6) |
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Weapons of mass destruction |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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Small arms and light weapons |
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32 | (2) |
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2 The core elements of disarmament treaties |
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34 | (11) |
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34 | (1) |
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Destruction of used weapons |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Information exchange and transparency |
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39 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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Assisting prohibited activities |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (5) |
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3 Disarmament, arms control, and security |
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45 | (26) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Balance of power and deterrence |
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46 | (1) |
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Humanitarian disarmament and human security |
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47 | (1) |
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Conditions for disarmament |
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48 | (1) |
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Disarmament and the UN system |
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49 | (6) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Conference on Disarmament |
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52 | (1) |
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Disarmament and non-state actors |
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53 | (2) |
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Disarmament and arms control |
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55 | (5) |
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Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe |
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57 | (1) |
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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58 | (1) |
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty |
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58 | (2) |
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Vienna Document and Treaty on Open Skies |
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60 | (1) |
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Disarmament and non-proliferation |
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60 | (6) |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
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61 | (1) |
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Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Zangger Committee |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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Missile Technology Control Regime and the Hague Code of Conduct |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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Disarmament and the law of armed conflict |
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66 | (5) |
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Classification of armed conflicts |
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67 | (2) |
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Principles of the law of armed conflict |
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69 | (1) |
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Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (18) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (1) |
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Global disarmament treaties' prohibitions on use |
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73 | (6) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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General regulation of use of weapons under the law of armed conflict |
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79 | (4) |
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79 | (3) |
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The rule of proportionality in attack |
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82 | (1) |
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The superfluous injury rule |
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82 | (1) |
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Specific prohibitions of the use of weapons during armed conflict |
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83 | (1) |
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Weapons and international criminal law |
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83 | (2) |
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Weapons and the law on inter-state use of force (jus ad bellum) |
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85 | (4) |
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The general prohibition of inter-state use of force |
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85 | (1) |
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The prohibition of threat of force |
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86 | (1) |
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Threat of use of weapons of mass destruction |
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87 | (1) |
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Threat of use of nuclear weapons and security assurances |
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87 | (2) |
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5 Development and testing |
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89 | (9) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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The prohibition of development |
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92 | (3) |
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94 | (1) |
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The prohibition of testing |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (22) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (5) |
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The meaning of transfer in disarmament treaties governing WMD |
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99 | (2) |
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The meaning of transfer in treaties governing conventional weapons |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (1) |
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Treaty prohibitions and exceptions |
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103 | (5) |
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The prohibition of transfer in WMD treaties |
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103 | (2) |
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The prohibition of transfer in conventional weapons treaties |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (1) |
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The Arms Trade Treaty regime |
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109 | (2) |
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UN Security Council regimes |
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111 | (1) |
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Resolution 1540 on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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SADC Protocol on the Control of Firearms and Ammunition |
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112 | (1) |
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ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons |
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112 | (1) |
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European Union Common Position 2008/944/CFSP |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Politically binding regimes |
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114 | (6) |
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UN Disarmament Commission Guidelines |
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114 | (1) |
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Wassenaar Arrangement documents |
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115 | (1) |
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Missile Technology Control Guidelines |
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116 | (1) |
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Australia Group Guidelines |
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117 | (1) |
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Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (30) |
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120 | (1) |
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Treaty obligations, including deadlines |
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121 | (16) |
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Weapons of mass destruction |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (7) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (4) |
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137 | (13) |
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Biological weapons and toxins |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (2) |
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Fissile material and radioactive waste |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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8 Addressing the effects of weapons |
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150 | (20) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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A summary of assistance provisions in disarmament treaties |
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150 | (2) |
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The definition of victims |
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152 | (1) |
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The nature of assistance to victims |
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153 | (5) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (2) |
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Victims of mines and cluster munitions |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (5) |
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Clearance of anti-personnel mines |
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158 | (4) |
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Clearance of cluster munition remnants |
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162 | (1) |
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Environmental remediation |
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163 | (4) |
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163 | (3) |
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Soil contaminated with Agent Orange |
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166 | (1) |
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International cooperation and assistance |
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167 | (3) |
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9 Reporting, verification, and compliance |
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170 | (39) |
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170 | (1) |
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Global disarmament treaties' reporting obligations |
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171 | (5) |
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Biological Weapons Convention |
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171 | (1) |
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Chemical Weapons Convention |
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172 | (1) |
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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention |
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173 | (1) |
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Convention on Cluster Munitions |
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174 | (1) |
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |
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175 | (1) |
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Other instruments' reporting and information exchange |
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176 | (4) |
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176 | (1) |
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UN Register of Conventional Weapons |
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176 | (1) |
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UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light-Weapons |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe |
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179 | (1) |
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Implementation support mechanisms |
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180 | (13) |
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Secretariats and implementation support units |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention |
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182 | (1) |
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Convention on Cluster Munitions |
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183 | (1) |
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Biological Weapons Convention |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Meetings of states parties and review conferences |
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185 | (1) |
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Biological Weapons Convention |
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185 | (1) |
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Chemical Weapons Convention |
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186 | (2) |
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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention |
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188 | (1) |
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Convention on Cluster Munitions |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (12) |
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Investigating alleged use |
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194 | (1) |
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Biological and chemical weapons |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (3) |
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Verifying stockpile destruction and non-production |
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200 | (1) |
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Verifying compliance with prohibitions on nuclear weapons |
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201 | (1) |
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Comprehensive safeguards agreements |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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Monitoring nuclear test explosions: The CTBTO monitoring system |
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203 | (1) |
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Verifying compliance with limitations of conventional weapons |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (4) |
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Biological Weapons Convention |
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205 | (1) |
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Chemical Weapons Convention |
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205 | (2) |
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Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention |
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207 | (1) |
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Convention on Cluster Munitions |
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207 | (1) |
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |
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208 | (1) |
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10 Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) |
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209 | (12) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (10) |
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212 | (1) |
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The development of international standards for DDR |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (3) |
Outlook |
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221 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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224 | (12) |
Annexes |
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236 | (7) |
Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms |
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243 | (2) |
Index |
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