Zivilgesellschaftliche Beitrage zur Uberprufung nuklearer Rustungskontrollvertrage

In: Die Friedens-Warte: Journal of International Peace and Organization, Band 85, Heft 4, S. 55-76

Abstract

Civil Society is increasingly involved in the policy area of international arms control. Their opportunities are very limited for compliance control in the nuclear nonproliferation regime due to its particular sensitivity. This paper starts off with a discussion of technical failures in the official verification of the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and of its political obstruction and biased interpretation. The severe gaps not being able to detect clandestine facilities render little civil society contributions highly influential and controversial. More and more data get available for the civil society that can be used to expose potential violations of the NPT and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Based on case studies and on systematic considerations the contributions that civil society may offer are analyzed with regard to the different stages of verification and to the various degrees of integration with the official procedures. Adapted from the source document.