September 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
US renews its call for dialogue with NoKor The US on Tuesday renewed its call for dialogue with North Korea and said Washington has no hostile intent toward Pyongyang, according…
August 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
House panel OKs bill creating PH Atomic Regulatory Commission The House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday approved the fiscal provisions of a bill creating the Philippine Atomic Regulatory…
July 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
Macron promises transparency over French Polynesia nuclear tests French President Emmanuel Macron promised transparency around decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia and changes to compensation procedures on Tuesday when…
June 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
UN nuclear watchdog sees indications of plutonium work in North Korea The UN atomic watchdog has seen indications in North Korea of possible reprocessing work to separate plutonium from spent…
May 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
Russian Iran nuclear negotiators hope for result in three weeks Parties to the Iran nuclear agreement on Saturday adjourned the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing…
April 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
India, Pakistan sign historic Kashmir peace deal The Line of Control, a highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region between the two nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan,…
March 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
French regulator approves 10 more years of operation for oldest reactors France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) ruled on 23 February on the conditions for…
February 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
Duterte hails ratification of treaty banning nuclear weapons as ‘milestone’ President Rodrigo Duterte lauded the Senate for concurring in the ratification of a treaty that bans the development and…
JANUARY 2021 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
United Nations’ Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Article 7: International Cooperation and Assistance The United Nations’ Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was approved in July 2017 by 122 nation states. On…
DECEMBER 2019 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
Gov’t concludes talks with IAEA on integrated plan for nuclear power infrastructure in PH The Philippines has recently concluded its week-long discussions with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to…
OCTOBER 2019 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
From Russia with nuke plant plans The Philippines has signed up with Russia’s state nuclear company to look into the feasibility of buying into its newly launched “floating nuclear power…
SEPTEMBER 2019 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
Philippines urges UN to ratify ban on nuke tests The Philippines is urging eight countries, including the United States and China, to ratify the 1996 treaty that seeks to prohibit…
APRIL 2019 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
Developing Nuclear weapons is not the way to proceed on sea row-defense chief Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Saturday said developing the Philippines’ nuclear arsenal is not the way to…
FEBRUARY 2019 | International Law Alerts | Nuclear
NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to a ‘complete denuclearisation’ of the Korean Peninsula after a summit with Donald Trump In a joint text issued by Donald Trump and Kim…