Law & Norms
Since early 2024, Horizon 2045 has been holding interdisciplinary convenings to expand existing legal and normative constraints around nuclear weapons.
With the support of Nuclear Threat Initiative and Ploughshares…
…we’ve been convening experts from arms control, human rights, nuclear disarmament, national and international security, climate change, environmental protection, ecocide, and other areas to explore novel strategies to “shrink the space” where the nuclear weapons enterprise can operate legally.
These experts represent over 30 institutions, including:
Chatham House
Client Earth
Climate Counsel
Climate KIC
Environmental Law Institute
European Leadership Network
George Washington Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center, Center on National Security
Glasgow University
Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
IALANA
ICAN (Geneva, New York, and Wellington, Aotearoa-NZ)
ICRC
Jennifer Altman Foundation
Johns Hopkins University
Lex International
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Nuclearban.US
Stop Ecocide International
Support Unit, Convention on Cluster Munitions (former)
Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs
University of Auckland
University of Hamburg, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
University of New Caledonia
University of Oxford
University of Pretoria
University of York
Western States Legal Fund
LAWS & NORMS
Momentum is gaining in law and norms related to intergenerational justice, climate change, cultural and political rights, the environment, and elsewhere. How can this momentum be harnessed to enhance global security?