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?