Take action: urge your country to join the treaty
ICAN is calling on all countries to sign and ratify the UN nuclear weapon ban treaty. Here's how you can put pressure on your country to do so
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Short film: If You Love This Planet
A beautifully animated short film, If You Love This Planet brings to life Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow’s passionate call to action
Booklet: The nuclear weapon ban treaty
Nuclear weapons threaten the very survival of humanity and our entire living planet. Their effects transcend national boundaries and span generations. They are immoral, illegitimate and now – at long last – illegal
The pathway to a world without nuclear weapons
The foreign ministers of Austria, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria and South Africa outline their vision for a world without nuclear weapons
Atomic bomb survivor to jointly accept Nobel Peace Prize on ICAN’s behalf
Hiroshima survivor and ICAN campaigner Setsuko Thurlow, together with ICAN's executive director, Beatrice Fihn, will accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on 10 December on behalf of the campaign
Italy’s parliamentarians spearhead efforts to ratify ban treaty
More than 200 Members of Parliament from most Italian parties have signed the ICAN parliamentary pledge and thereby committed themselves “to work for the signature and ratification” of the nuclear ban by the Italian Government.
ICAN criticises Trump’s decision to undermine the JCPOA
Today, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to withhold certification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). As the 2017 Nobel Peace Laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
ICAN wins Golden Doves for Peace award
ICAN was awarded the XXXIII “Colombe d'Oro” (Golden Doves for Peace) prize in a ceremony held in Rome
Nuclear weapons: immoral, illegitimate, illegal
This is a moment of great global tension, when fiery rhetoric could all too easily lead us, inexorably, to unspeakable horror
Nobel Peace Prize 2017
It is a great honour to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 in recognition of our role in achieving the UN nuclear weapon ban treaty
The Facts
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“Let’s act up! Ban nuclear weapons completely and unconditionally.”
Ai Weiwei Artist and activist
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“If Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, they would be part of ICAN.”
Martin Sheen Actor and activist
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“I salute ICAN for working with such commitment and creativity.”
Ban Ki-moon Former UN chief
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“We can do it together. With your help, our voice will be made still stronger. Imagine peace.”
Yoko Ono Artist
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“Governments say a nuclear weapons ban is unlikely. Don’t believe it. They said the same about a mine ban treaty.”
Jody Williams Nobel laureate
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“With your support, we can take ICAN its full distance – all the way to zero nuclear weapons.”
Desmond Tutu Nobel laureate
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“Because I cannot tolerate these appalling weapons, I whole-heartedly support ICAN.”
Herbie Hancock Jazz musician
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“I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons, and I support ICAN.”
Dalai Lama Nobel laureate
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