A seminar on Nuclear Weapons and International Law was held in Tehran Peace Museum on 9 May 2013.

among other participants, over 70 students of international law attended the seminar in which speakers from law school of AT University, International Committee of Red Cross, Ministry of foreign affairs, International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear war-PPNW-  and International campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -ICAN- delivered lectures.

Several interesting topics were discussed by the speakers including: Humanitarian consequesnces of NW, International humanitarian law and NW, position of ICRC regarding NW, International treaties and NW such as NPT-CTBT, WMD free zone in the Middle East and the challenges as well as the role of NGOs in Nuclear abolition movement. 

The seminar was part of a serial join education program in the framework of collaboration between the Tehran Peace Museum, ICRC-Tehran and the National Committee of Humanitarian Law.

To see more photos of the event click HERE.