This list presents relevant material related to the topics covered by this Disarmament Orientation Course. Please read the key readings for each module. Readings qualified as “Other Readings” are not required. Do also refer to the Table of Disarmament Forums and Agencies and the Table of Weapons and Technologies in conjunction with this reading list.
International Security and Arms Control
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Conference on Disarmament (CD)
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
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International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
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Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) a.k.a. Inhumane Weapons Convention
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Anti-personnel landmine Ban Convention (APMBC)
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Cluster Munitions Convention (CCM)
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Reinvigorating the Narrative: The Broader Benefits of the Arms Trade Treaty, Centre for Armed Violence Reduction, 2017. (Booklet) https://armedviolencereduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Spano-Alpers-CAVR-BBB-Broader-Benefits-of-the-Arms-Trade-Treaty-Booklet-EN.pdf (Full report) https://armedviolencereduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Spano-Alpers-CAVR-BBB-Broader-Benefits-of-the-Arms-Trade-Treaty-1.pdf
Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA)
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Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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Applying Chapters VI and VII of the Charter of the United Nations in the Cyber Context
22 September 2021, Talita de Souza Dias
https://unidir.org/publication/applying-chapters-vi-and-vii-charter-united-nations-cyber-context
Due diligence in cyberspace: Normative expectations of reciprocal protection of international legal rights, Andraz Kastelic, November 2021
https://unidir.org/publication/due-diligence-cyberspace-normative-expectations-reciprocal-protection-international
ICTs, International Security, and Cybercrime, Joyce Hakmeh and Kerstin Vignard, October 2021
https://unidir.org/publication/icts-international-security-and-cybercrime
Gender Approaches to Cybersecurity: Design, Defence and Response. Katharine Millar, James Shires, Tatiana Tropina, UNIDIR, 2021.
https://unidir.org/publication/gender-approaches-cybersecurity
UNOG: Library
http://research.un.org/en/docs/disarmament
http://libraryresources.unog.ch/disarmament/global
https://libraryresources.unog.ch/bioweapons
https://libraryresources.unog.ch/chemweapons
https://libraryresources.unog.ch/nukes