Participation
Welcome to Vienna, Let's go Vienna!, Debating Deterrence- the discussion
Speaker
Beatrice Fihn
Beatrice Fihn is the Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish nuclear weapons (ICAN), the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaign coalition that works to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons. Ms. Fihn led the campaign since 2014 and has worked to mobilize civil society throughout the development of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons that Entered into Force on January 22nd 2021. Previously, she managed the disarmament programme at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Reaching Critical Will project as well as worked with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. She has delivered keynote lectures on weapons law, humanitarian law, civil society engagement in diplomacy and multilateral institutions, as well as the gender perspective on disarmament work. Ms. Fihn holds a master’s degree in law from the University College London and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Stockholm University.