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Nuclear Weapons and International Law

— Posted under Blog, Law on February 25, 2010

On February 25, 2010 The Fordham International Law Journal and the Nonproliferation, Arms Control & Disarmament Interest Group of the American Society of International Law are hosting a great symposium on Nuclear Weapons and International Law.

Here is the program:

NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: A NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REGIME FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Nonproliferation in the Wake of North Korea, Iran, and the US-India Agreement

Thursday | February 25, 2010
8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
Fordham Law School | McNally Amphitheatre
140 West 62nd Street | New York, NY 10023

AGENDA
8:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast

9:00 AM
Welcome
Justin Daloia, Editor in Chief, International Law Journal; Ali Shariat, Symposium Editor, International Law Journal; Dean William Michael Treanor

9:10 AM
Opening
Professor Charles Moxley, Jr.

9:30 AM
The Nuclear Weapons Policies and Practices of Todays Nuclear Weapons States: Where Are We with Nuclear Weapons and Where Are We Headed? Is Abolition the Objective?

Moderator: Jonathan Granoff
Panelists: Michael Lekson; Jenifer Mackby; Professor Charles Moxley Jr.

11:00 AM
Coffee Break

11:15 AM
Keynote Address by Mr. Sergio Duarte

11:45 AM
The 2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference: What Will It Mean for the Future of Nonproliferation, Abolition, and International Law?

Moderator: Dr. John Burroughs
Panelists: Carlton Stoiber; Deepti Choubey; Ambassador Gregory Schulte

1:15 PM
Lunch

2:15 PM
International Law and the Proliferation Threats from North Korea, Iran, Syria and Terrorist Groups

Moderator: Commander Christopher Bidwell
Panelists: Professor Orde Kittrie; Professor Gregory Maggs; Professor Gregory McNeal; Laura Rockwood

4:00 PM
Closing

Keynote Speaker:
AMBASSADOR SERGIO de QUEIROZ DUARTE, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

Symposium Chair:
CHARLES J. MOXLEY Jr.
Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy; Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP; Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

Speakers:
COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER BIDWELL, National Security Counselor, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

Dr. JOHN BURROUGHS, Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy

JONATHAN GRANOFF, President, Global Security Institute

DEEPTI CHOUBEY, Deputy Director, Nonproliferation Program- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

ORDE KITTRIE, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

MICHAEL LEKSON, Vice President for International Programs, Education and Training Center- United States Institute of Peace; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control

JENIFER MACKBY, Fellow, International Security Program- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

GREGORY MAGGS Professor of Law; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, George Washington University Law School

GREGORY McNEAL, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, The Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University

LAURA ROCKWOOD, Principle Legal Officer and Section Head for Non-Proliferation and Policy-making, Office of Legal Affairs – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

AMBASSADOR GREGORY SCHULTE, Senior Visiting Fellow at the National Defense University, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to the IAEA

CARLTON STOIBER, Chairman of the Working Group on Nuclear Security, International Nuclear Law Association

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