Why a complete ban on nuclear weapons is important, as is the NPT Review Conference in 2020
In his latest of a series of ‘Open Democracy’ articles on the Korean crisis, Paul Rogers (12 October) predicted that there could well be a nuclear war between the US and North Korea by November 2019. President Trump, by stating that North Korea will not be allowed to...
Hospital Food Campaigning Toolkit
Making hospital food healthier and more sustainable: a toolkit for bringing about change
Teaching Cases in Medical Peace Work
Are you teacher or trainer for health professionals? Medical Peace Work is an emerging field of expertise in health work, violence prevention, and peace-building. Medical Peace Work is also a network of European organisations and teaching institutions concerned with...
Considerations for Parliament’s Main Gate decision in 2016
Medact’s Anti-Trident replacement leaflet and commentaries The attached documents describe Medact’s response to the Main gate debate held about Trident Replacement in the UK House of Commons on 18 July 2016. The text of the leaflet was prepared and widely distributed...
CND Trident Briefings
http://www.cnduk.org/information/briefings/trident-briefings
Medical Peace Work Online Course
Medical Peace Work consists of seven online courses and a collection of teaching resources for medical peace education. They are free to all and are available on this website. The seven Medical Peace Work courses are an introduction in violence prevention and peace...
Comments on the Trident Commission
At the beginning of last month the ‘independent, cross-party inquiry to examine UK nuclear weapons policy’ – otherwise known as the Trident Commission, issued its final report. The three co-chairs, each a representative of their party, were Lord Des Browne (Labour),...
The Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons
The effects of Nuclear War have been analysed by a number of campaign and medical groups, below is a selection of useful resources. Reports The concluding report from the Trident Commission is aimed to contribute to an informed and deeper debate on Trident renewal...
The Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons have a unique and horrifying humanitarian impact. The only natural events to which a nuclear explosion can be compared are massive earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, and similar disasters that result in thousands of casualties and cause...