Japanese Non-State Actors’ Under-Recognised Contributions to the International Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement
| Autor: | Lili CHİN, Geetha GOVİNDASAMY, Md Nasrudin Md AKHİR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 11, Issue: 2 193-210 All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace |
| ISSN: | 2146-7757 2757-9026 |
| Popis: | Since the 1950s, Japanese non-state actors in the international anti-nuclearweapons movement have disseminated the dangers of nuclear weapons, tied toJapanese experiences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in1945. Coming from the only country that has experienced nuclear attacks, theyprovide much needed evidence of the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons.These actors include survivors of the atomic bombings, commonly known ashibakusha, who have initiated and persistently maintained the humanitarianfocus on nuclear discourse for decades. This paper examines their contributionsto eyewitness testimonies on the impacts of nuclear weapons and their effortsleading to major milestones in international efforts for nuclear abolition. It alsofocuses on the roles played by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb SufferersOrganization (Nihon Hidankyo) and the Japan Association of Lawyers AgainstNuclear Arms (JALANA), which made tremendous contributions facilitating thesuccess of the World Court Project in the 1990s and the Humanitarian Initiativein the 2010s that led to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.Non-state Japanese contributions were, unfortunately, under-recognised, andthe successes of international nuclear abolition were often attributed to otherinternational actors. Hence, this paper recognises the contributions of non-stateJapanese actors in sustaining the international anti-nuclear weapons movementand achieving the nuclear ban treaty. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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