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Mr. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov
Professor of International Law
Vice-President
Russian Association of International Law
Member of the Council
International Institute of Humanitarian Law

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Arms Control and Disarmament
Law of Disarmament: An Introduction
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(26/3/2019, 33 minutes)


Право разоружения: вводные замечания
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(27/3/2019, 34 minutes)
Arms Control and Disarmament
Law of Disarmament: An Introduction
A. Legal Instruments

The Treaty of Ghent, Ghent, 24 December 1814, 63 CTS 421.

Exchange of Notes between Great Britain and the United States relative to Naval Forces on the American Lakes, Washington, 28, 29 April 1817, 67 CTS 153.

International Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, The Hague, 29 July 1899, 187 CTS 410.

Convention between the Argentine Republic and Chile respecting the Limitation of Naval Armaments, Santiago, 28 May 1902, 191 CTS 214.

Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, The Hague, 18 October 1907, 205 CTS 233.

The Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, Versailles, 28 June 1919, League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1, p. 403.

Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament, Washington, 6 February 1922, League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 25, p.201.

The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, Geneva, 17 June 1925, League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 94, p.65.

The General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy, Paris, 27 August 1928, League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 94, p.57.

The Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, London, 22 April 1930, League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 112, p.65.

Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany and the Assumption of Supreme Authority with Respect to Germany by the Governments of four Allied states, Berlin, 5 June 1945.

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice, San Francisco, 26 June 1945.

Treaty of Peace with Finland, Paris, 10 February 1947, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 48, p. 203.

Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria, Paris, 10 February 1947, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 41, p. 21.

Treaty of Peace with Hungary, Paris, 10 February 1947, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 41, p. 135.

Treaty of Peace with Romania, Paris, 10 February 1947, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 42, p. 3.

Treaty of Peace with Italy, Paris, 10 February 1947, United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 49 & 50, p. 50.

Treaty for the Re-establishment of an Independent and Democratic Austria, Vienna, 15 May 1955, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 217, p. 223.

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico City, 14 February 1967, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, p. 281.

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Vienna, 23 May 1969, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1155, p. 331.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, London, Moscow and Washington, 10 April 1972, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, p. 163.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, New York, 12 June 1968, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, p. 168.

Interim Agreement on certain measures with respect to the limitation of strategic offensive arms, Moscow, 26 May 1972, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 944, p. 3.

Treaty on the limitation of anti-ballistic missile systems, Moscow, 26 May 1972, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 944, p. 13.

Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, Vienna, 18 June 1979.

South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, Rarotonga, 6 August 1985, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1445, p. 177.

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Moscow, 31 July 1991.

The Lisbon Protocol to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991, Lisbon, 23 May 1992.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, Geneva, 3 September 1992, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1975, p.469.

Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, Bangkok, 15 December 1995, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1981, p. 177.

African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, Cairo, 11 April 1996

Treaty Between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Strategic Offensive Reductions, Moscow, 24 May 2002, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2350, p. 415.

Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, Semipalatinsk, 8 September 2006, United Nations, Treaty Series online.

Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, Prague, 8 April 2010.

B. Jurisprudence

International Court of Justice, Nuclear Tests (Australia v. France), I.C.J. Reports 1974, p. 253.

International Court of Justice, Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France), I.C.J. Reports 1974, p. 457.

International Court of Justice, Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Merits, Judgment of 27 June 1986, I.C.J. Reports 1986, p 14.

International Court of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996, p. 226.

International Court of Justice, Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. India), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2016, p. 255.

C. Documents

General Assembly resolution 1722 (XVI) of 20 December 1961 (Question of disarmament).

General Assembly resolution 42/37 C of 30 November 1987 (Measures to Uphold the Authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol and to Support the Conclusion of a Chemical Weapons Convention).

Security Council resolution 687 (1991) of 3 April 1991.

D. Doctrine

B. Tuzmukhamedov, Legal Dimensions of Arms Control Agreements. An Introductory Overview, in Recueil des cours - Collected Courses of The Hague Academy of International Law 2015, vol. 377, p. 319-348;

B. Tuzmukhamedov, “Disarmament and Concomitant Measures in International Law”, in: International Law - A Russian Introduction, Elebem International Publiishing, Utrecht, 2009, p. 657-691;

Б. Тузмухамедов, Разоружение и сопутствующие меры в международном праве - в. кн.: Международное право, 4-е издание, переработанное, Москва, 2018, с. 529-570.

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