Nuclear Weapons

We continue advocating for a peace-centred approach to environmental action.

Pax Christi joins over 100 countries and groups at the UN in March to advocate for the TPNW.

Pax Christi International has endorsed a joint Civil Society statement on humanitarian disarmament, delivered at the UNGA First Committee on 16 October 2024.

On Friday, 24 October 2024, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the awardee of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation of atomic bomb survivors, also known as Hibakusha.

In just 10 seconds, a nuclear bomb reaches its full impact, with shockwaves travelling at hundreds of kilometres per hour. After such an attack, medical aid is nearly impossible to deliver; facilities are destroyed, and access is delayed..