Feasibility Study of Establishing International Nuclear Criminal Court; Challenges, Strategies and Achievements

The need for a new international court to attend the issues of nuclear weapons nonproliferation and disarmament has been proven by the occurrence of several international incidents. In April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit, establishing an international nuclear criminal court as a fundamental step in promoting nuclear security and countering nuclear terrorist acts was proposed. Recently, the International Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Commission for establishing a new international court called for assessing international contribution in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. The structure of International Law System lacks any comprehensive documents in terms of nuclear security, nuclear criminology, criminal prosecution and illegal nuclear trade and traffic. Therefore, establishing an International Nuclear Criminal Court could both revise and promote the nuclear nonproliferation system and provide opportunities to resolve the security flaws in international nuclear law.