Weapons

War is an ominous human-made event that causes both opponents great losses which cannot be calculated

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) opened for signature in 1972 and entered into force in 1975. The Convention is a key element in the international community’s efforts to address disarmament...

Arguably, the biggest advantage of an arms control deal with North Korea is that it would cap and create the conditions to roll back Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes.

ENHANCING THE MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF COMPLIANCE IN THE REGIME PROHIBITING CHEMICAL WEAPONS

However, this article is not yet customary, but the large number of members of the first additional protocol has raised hope that Many States through the perspective of contract law are required to...

Negotiated at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, the CWC prohibits all signatories from developing, producing, acquiring, stockpiling, or retaining chemical weapons.

Statement by the Director-General of the OPCW, Fernando Arias, to commemorate the 1987 chemical weapon attack on Sardasht, Iran

It is true that the Convention does not explicitly forbid the use of biological weapons, but it underlines the provisions of the Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating,...

Cluster munitions constitute a substantial part of the military arsenals of all major powers. Their development, procurement and stockpile are a central hard component of national security.

Four years later, after numerous supporting resolutions by the UN General Assembly, the international community succeeded in agreeing the Outer Space Treaty. This document insists that space...

The non-proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and their delivery systems is another, complementary, goal alongside the goal of disarmament.

International Law and Nuclear Weapons: Does the Continued Development of Advanced Nuclear Weapons Violate International Law?

Theories of Nuclear Proliferation: Why Do States Seek Nuclear Weapons?

The term “conventional weapons” refers to weapons that are fitted with conventional explosives, i.e. do not use nuclear, biological or chemical ordnance.

Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate the love in our lives. This February 14th, the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) which is a global movement against gun violence that links...

Treaties on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) do not operate in a vacuum.