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Nuclear deterrence and disarmament discussions often center on potential future use and threats of use of nuclear weapons. Attention is growing, however, on the harm that nuclear weapons have already done, mostly focused on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and on nuclear testing impacts. This seminar offers a nuclear justice lens derived from concepts of transitional justice (TJ). Recorded December 1, 2023.
For more information: belfercenter.org/event/atomic-voices-redressing-nuclear-harm-transitional-justice-nuclear-age
Francesca Giovannini (Moderator) is the Executive Director of the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs. In addition, she is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she designs and teaches graduate courses on global nuclear policies and emerging technologies.
Jana Baldus is a Doctoral Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) studying the increasing polarization within the NPT, focusing on different conceptions of the nuclear norms and structural differences within the NPT regime.
Caroline Fehl is a PRIF Senior Researcher whose work revolves around international security norms and institutions with a focus on nuclear disarmament and arms control, and international criminal justice.
Sascha Hach is a PRIF Doctoral Researcher, teaches at the University of the Federal Armed Forces and studies rule and resistance in the nuclear order and the role of the UN in international security, disarmament, and arms control.
Nuclear deterrence and disarmament discussions often center on potential future use and threats of use of nuclear weapons. Attention is growing, however, on the harm that nuclear weapons have already done, mostly focused on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and on nuclear testing impacts. This seminar offers a nuclear justice lens derived from concepts of transitional justice (TJ). Recorded December 1, 2023.
For more information: belfercenter.org/event/atomic-voices-redressing-nuclear-harm-transitional-justice-nuclear-age
Francesca Giovannini (Moderator) is the Executive Director of the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs. In addition, she is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she designs and teaches graduate courses on global nuclear policies and emerging technologies.
Jana Baldus is a Doctoral Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) studying the increasing polarization within the NPT, focusing on different conceptions of the nuclear norms and structural differences within the NPT regime.
Caroline Fehl is a PRIF Senior Researcher whose work revolves around international security norms and institutions with a focus on nuclear disarmament and arms control, and international criminal justice.
Sascha Hach is a PRIF Doctoral Researcher, teaches at the University of the Federal Armed Forces and studies rule and resistance in the nuclear order and the role of the UN in international security, disarmament, and arms control.
