A comparison of national compliance legislation under the chemical weapons convention
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is unique among multilateral arms control agreements in requiring national compliance legislation. This paper discusses the compliance legislation enacted by Australia, Germany, Norway, South Africa, and Sweden in anticipation of this agreement entering into force. It compares how these five nations addressed the requirement for legislation to penalize violations of the Convention, as well as how they have developed legal mechanisms to acquire the information about dual-use chemicals that must be declared to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. This analysis shows that although different options exist to meet these treaty requirements, areas of consistency between nations are emerging that will encourage universal compliance as the regime matures.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 69331
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/DIS/CP--85862; CONF-9503143--1; ON: DE95011796; CNN: Contract DNA001-90-C-0177
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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