title: CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
abstract: This report examines the challenges posed by the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons to international humanitarian law and highlights the need to strike a balance between security requirements and universal principles of humanity. It focuses on the fundamental principles of IHL – distinction, proportionality and the prohibition of causing unnecessary suffering – and their applicability in the context of the massive destructive power and long-term effects of nuclear weapons on civilians and t