Hibakusha and Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Question 1

Global Hibakusha

Answer 1

initially applied to survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki but now extended to those affected by the production and testing of NWs

Question 2

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Answer 2

adopted by UN in Jul 2017 and came into force in Jan 2021: promoted by the International Campaign to Abolish NWs (ICAN), currently has 91 signatories excluding nuclear powers

Question 3

Terms of the TPNW

Answer 3

undertakings not to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess, stockpile, use, or threaten to use NWs (complete abolition of NPs, dismantling of NAs and facilities, and prohibition of NWs); prohibition of deployment of NWs on national territory; safeguards to ensure signatories are succeeding in eliminating NWs; provision of assistance to any state in conduct of prohibited activities; state parties are obliged to prevent and suppress any activity prohibited undertaken by ppl or on territory under its jurisdiction, provide adequate assistance to individuals affected by use/testing NWs (acknowledge harm and must provide economic/social/medical assistance); take necessary and appropriate measure of env remediation in areas under its jurisdiction contaminated as a result of use or testing of NWs

Question 4

Significance of the TPNW

Answer 4

symbolizes tensions between realism and idealism, NS haven’t given up NWs due to deterrence with exception of SA, and int’l recognition that complete prohibition is necessary to ensure human security