Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin

HCoC.at

Supporting the Hague Code of Conduct

an FRS project funded by the European Union

Side event in the margins of the HCoC Annual Regular Meeting in Vienna

28 May 2018

On 28 May 2018, the FRS organised a lunchtime side event in the margins of the HCoC Annnual Regular Meeting (ARM) in Vienna. This workshop, which gathered both subscribing and non-subscribing states to the HCoC, was particularly focused on dealing with the missile threat in South Asia.

AGENDA

 

WELCOMING REMARKS

  • Alexandre HOUDAYER, Secretary General, FRS
  • Georgios KRITIKOS, Deputy Head of Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Export Control, EEAS

 

I/ THE ROLE OF THE HCoC DEALING WITH THE CURRENT BALLISTIC MISSILE LANDSCAPE

PRESENTERS: 

  • Amb. Marek SZCZYGIEL, Ambassador at large, Department for UN and Human Rights, MFA of Poland, Outgoing HCoC Chair
  • Amb. Eva WALDER, Ambassador for Disarmament, MFA of Sweden, Incoming HCoC Chair

 

 

 

II/ THE ROLE OF CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES IN DEALING WITH MISSILE THREAT: THE CASE OF SOUTH ASIA

PRESENTERS:

  • Dr. Zafar Nawaz JASPAL, Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-I-Azam University
  • Dr. Waheguru Pal Singh SIDHU, Associate Professor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
  • Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research Fellow, FRS

 

KEY ISSUES: 

  • The role of bilateral and multilateral CBMs in dealing with the missile threat in the region
  • Contribution of the Code to the promotion the peaceful use of launching technologies in the field of space
  • Further steps to prevent the proliferation of ballistic systems in South Asia and deal with the threat

 

DISCUSSIONS

ARM 2018_9
ARM 2018_14
ARM 2018_11
ARM 2018_10
ARM 2018_5
ARM 2018_7
ARM 2018_6
ARM 2018_1
February
2019
Research Papers

Opening HCoC to cruise missiles: A proposal to overcome political hurdles

The issue of extending the scope of the Hague Code of Conduct to cruise missiles is regularly raised in academic and political discussions about the Code. Some non-subscribing States justify their refusal to join the instrument because of this exclusion, perceived as a major flaw. Indeed, cruise missiles have characteristics that can make them very effective in carrying weapons of mass destruction. It is therefore clearly of interest to consider extending the HCoC scope to these weapons.

Read More »
January
2018
Research Papers

Limiting the proliferation of WMD means of delivery: a low-profile approach to bypass diplomatic deadlocks

Since the creation of the HCoC in 2002, the need for more collective commitment and action to fight the proliferation of ballistic missiles has certainly not decreased. The destabilizing nature of these weapons has not changed. Non-proliferation is just less about keeping the world stable and more about not adding a risk factor to an uncertain future. The HCoC was and remains a response to that need, but certainly not the end of the quest for improvement.

Read More »