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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 81 Years of a Lasting Legacy
In August 2026, the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark 81 years. Eighty-one years later, we still face the possibility that nuclear weapons could be used again. Eighty-one years later, survivors continue to live with the physical and psychological consequences of radiation exposure. Eighty-one years later, existing nuclear arsenals are far more powerful and destructive than the bombs dropped in 1945, and the humanitarian consequences of any future nuclear detonati
Júlia Marcon
Aug 77 min read
After the War: The Story of Sadae Kasaoka
In remembrance of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which mark the 81st anniversary this August, we bring another edition of the series After the War: Stories of Those Who Lived Through It, featuring Hiroshima atomic bombing survivor Sadae Kasaoka. Today, the woman who was only 12 years old on August 6, 1945, shares her testimony accompanied by her niece, who provides simultaneous interpretation of her story.
Júlia Marcon
Aug 45 min read
Dhesarme Members Participate in the Hiroshima ICAN Academy 2026 Program
Between June 16 and July 2, DHESARME members Fernando Fiala, Júlia Marcon, and Maria Eduarda de Oliveira participated in the online sessions of the Hiroshima ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security 2026. The program is organized annually by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the City of Hiroshima, and the Japanese organization Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe). Aiming to develop global leaders capable of making concrete cont
Dhesarme
Jul 254 min read
Military Spending on Nuclear Weapons in 2025 Records a 19% Increase
The exorbitant increase in global military spending recorded in 2025, reaching US$2.8 trillion, highlights the extreme importance of the report released by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), PREMEDITATED: NUCLEAR WEAPONS SPENDING IN 2025, which makes it possible to observe, in isolation, the increase in the budget allocated to nuclear weapons, which reached US$119 billion in spending last year.
Valkiria Irineu
Jul 35 min read
After the War: The Stories of Aki Ra, Ahmed Ali, and Yoko Moriwaki
In the first edition of the series “After the War: Stories of Those Who Lived Through It,” we bring the stories of Aki Ra, who experienced the impacts of landmines firsthand; Ahmed Ali, and how his life and family were profoundly affected by cluster munitions; and little Yoko Moriwaki, a 13-year-old girl whose life was cut short by the detonation of an atomic bomb. These experiences reveal how war remains present in the lives of survivors even after the end of armed conflicts
Mayra Ghotme
Jun 96 min read
Public Statement | 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Ends Without Consensus on a Final Document
Dhesarme - Brazilian Action for Humanitarian Disarmament declares its deep concern regarding the results — or lack thereof — of the discussions held during the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which took place between April and May of this year. The Conference, already convened amid expectations of significant challenges due to divergences among States Parties in the conduct of the discussions, reached this year an outcom
Dhesarme
May 273 min read
The 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) takes place in April and May at the UN headquarters in New York.
On April 27, the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) began at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) in New York, at a time of international tension marked by military escalations involving nuclear powers in violent conflicts around the world and reports of serious violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The discussions will continue until May 22, and several civil society organizations have em
Júlia Marcon
May 197 min read
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