chemical-weapons

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

The two major dasses of chemical weapons are mustard gas and the nerve gases. Although both types are commonly called gases, they are actually rather viscous liquids that are not remarkably volatile.

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,...

Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable and a clear violation of international law. Identifying those responsible and holding them to account is of paramount importance. We have a...