Dan Joyner

About/Bio

Dan Joyner is Elton B. Stephens Professor of Law & Director of International Programs at the University of Alabama School of Law. His publications include: International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2009); Interpreting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (2011) ; and Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law: From Confrontation to Accord (2016). He founded the Arms Control Law Blog.

Recently Published

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

On July 7, 2017 a vote was held by a United Nations treaty conference to adopt the final text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Of the 124 states participating in the conference, 122 states voted for adoption, one state (the Netherlands) voted against adoption, and one state (Singapore) abstained. This vote brought…

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Legal Bindingness of Security Council Resolutions Generally, and Resolution 2334 on the Israeli Settlements in Particular

As I have read commentary on the recently adopted resolution by the U.N. Security Council (Resolution 2334) addressing Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, I’ve noticed a number of commentators who appear to assume that, since this resolution was not explicitly adopted in exercise of the Council’s Chapter VII powers, therefore all of its operative provisions are…

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The Trump Presidency and the Iran Nuclear Deal: Initial Thoughts

Well it’s been a dramatic and, for many of us, soul searching week since last Tuesday’s presidential election in the U.S. resulting in Donald Trump being elected the next U.S. president. I’ll hold back on political editorializing in this space. We all have our views and there are other fora in which to express them. Among…

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