Red Cross reports back on the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons

Filling the Gap: A report-back on the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons

Thursday 12th Feb 2015, 6pm Australian Red Cross 155 Pelham St, Carlton

In December 2014, 158 nations gathered for the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and made an important step towards a nuclear weapons ban. The “Austrian Pledge”, introduced by the host country, invites nations to commit to ‘fill the legal gap for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons’.

Please join a conversation with Australian Red Cross CEO Robert Tickner, Director of International Humanitarian Law and Movement Relations at the Australian Red Cross Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope, Associate Professor Tilman Ruff, documentarian Vanessa Macedo and Emeritus Professor Michael Hamel-Green at Victoria University on the significance of the Vienna Conference and the road ahead for a nuclear weapons ban. ICAN Asia-Pacific Director Tim Wright will facilitate the conversation.

Refreshments provided, please RSVP to gem@icanw.org.