This second Volume in the book Series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in
International Law discusses the legal interpretation and implementation
of verification and compliance with the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons, 1968; the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,
1996; and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
(EURATOM), 1957. It specifically examines the question, contested in
recent academic writings, whether the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) is competent to verify not only the correctness, but also the
completeness of national declarations. Topical legal issues of
verification and its technical and political limits as well as peaceful
settlement of disputes and countermeasures are discussed in-depth.
The Series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law provides
scholarly research articles with critical commentaries on relevant
treaty law, best practice and legal developments, thus offering an
academic analysis and information on practical legal and diplomatic
developments both globally and regionally. It sets a basis for a further
constructive discourse on the topic at both national and international
levels. A Third Volume, to be published in Autumn 2016, will focus on
legal issues of safety and security of the use of nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes.
Jonathan L. Black-Branch is Professor of International Law, Royal
Holloway University of London; a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford;
Chairman of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Nuclear
Weapons, Non-Proliferation and Contemporary International Law.
Dieter Fleck is Former Director International Agreements & Policy,
Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany; Member of the Advisory Board of
the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL); Honorary President,
International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Rapporteur of
the ILA Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Prolife
ration and Contemporary International Law.
