While the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion highlighted the relevance of international environmental law (IEL) to the question of the legality of the use of nuclear weapons, it merely concluded that IEL “indicates important environmental factors that are properly to be taken into account” when implementing IHL. Thirty years later, how have those “important environmental factors” evolved? What does new science say about the environmental impacts of nuclear weapons? IEL has expanded considerably over the last thirty years, notably in the area of “climate law”. How do these IEL developments further constrain the legality of nuclear weapons? How have IHL rules protecting the environment been strengthened?

Featured Speakers

Sébastien Philippe, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lili Xia, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

Dr. M.J. Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability Law, University of Amsterdam; Adjunct Professor, University of Fiji

Helen Obregon, Senior Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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The Lex Mundi Nova Webinar Series is convened by Horizon 2045, in partnership with the Geneva Graduate Institute, the University of Johannesburg, the African Society of International Law, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy (LCNP) and International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA)