Tensions around nuclear weapons and the risk of their use are at a peak. Yet, European leaders are in nuclear proliferation hysteria. Melissa Parke argues that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) offers an alternative path to nuclear deterrence in a fracturing global landscape
Executive Director, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Melissa is a former Australian Minister for International Development, and former Australian federal Member of Parliament (2007–2016).
Prior to being elected to the Australian Parliament, she worked as an international lawyer with the United Nations in Kosovo, Gaza, New York and Lebanon (1999–2007).
More recently, Melissa served as a member of the UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the conflict in Yemen (2017–2021).
From 2017–2023, she served as an Ambassador for ICAN Australia.
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