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Assessing ICAN’s Global Nuclear Disarmament Campaign
ICAN’s rise from Australian initiative to Nobel-laureate network shows how civil society turned a anti-nuclear norm into law amid growing global tensions. The review examines the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) as a global advocacy network that helped deliver the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It traces how an initiative launched…
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Olga Karach participated in a UK parliamentary online discussion on nuclear risks
On 25 November 2025, Olga Karach, Director of “Our House”, took part in the online presentation of the new UK study Stepping Back from the Brink – The Myths of Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Limited Nuclear War. The event brought together key members of the UK Parliament and leading nuclear security experts, including Baroness Christine…
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Transboundary River Security Risks in the Viliya/Neris Basin Under Rising Region Militarization
A fragile Baltic watercourse faces mounting pressure as nuclear operations, military mobility projects, and ecosystem obligations collide. The Viliya–Neris basin now holds overlapping nuclear, environmental, and strategic functions. Its role as a protected Natura 2000 corridor contrasts sharply with its use as the primary cooling source for the Belarusian NPP and with expanding Lithuanian military…
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Belarus’s Nuclear Policies Under Human Rights Scrutiny
A joint UPR filing urges Belarus to end nuclear hosting, restore its nuclear-free status, and align security policy with human rights law. Submitted for the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (50th session), this dossier—led by the World Future Council with Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace, Basel Peace Office, Citizens for Global Solutions, the International…
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Belarusian human rights defender Olga Karach receives the Italian Peace Prize
Belarusian WHRD Olga Karach receives the Italian Peace Prize for her long-standing work for peace and human rights The director of the Belarusian human rights organization Our House, Olga Karach, took part in the opening of the Peace Festival in the Italian city of Brescia and became the laureate of the Peace Prize traditionally awarded…
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Stop BY Nukes Campaign
Restore Belarus’s nuclear-free status–remove Russian nukes, join the TPNW, and anchor peace in binding international law. Introduction. Belarus was once a symbol of nuclear disarmament and peace: after the dissolution of the USSR, it became the first state to voluntarily renounce and remove all nuclear weapons from its territory, joining the Budapest Memorandum of 1994…