Overview of the regimes: CWC
The Chemical Weapons Convention`s (CWC) seeks to eradicate an entire category of catastrophic weapons and to ensure their continued non-production. Unlike the Non-Proliferation Treaty`s (NPT), the CWC requires disarmament. States Parties having chemical weapons (CW) must destroy them. The CWC has not adopted the NPT distinction between weapons and non-weapons states; the CWC`s prohibitions and obligations will apply identically to all States parties. In most other respects, the two treaties establish similar regimes with similar approaches. Included are objectives and primary obligations, legal bases, institutional oversight, trade restrictions, protection of information, penal consequences, and role of the United Nations.
- OSTI ID:
- 426063
- Journal Information:
- Michigan Journal of International Law, Journal Name: Michigan Journal of International Law Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 16; ISSN MJILF3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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