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http://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule74
Rule 74. Chemical Weapons
Rule 74. The use of chemical weapons is prohibited.
Summary
State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in both international and non-international armed conflicts.
International armed conflicts
The use of chemical weapons is prohibited in international armed conflicts in a series of treaties, including the Hague Declaration concerning Asphyxiating Gases, the Geneva Gas Protocol, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
[1] At present, only 13 States are not party to either the Geneva Gas Protocol or the Chemical Weapons Convention.
[2] Of these, at least three have made statements to the effect that the use of chemical weapons is unlawful, or have indicated that they do not possess or use them or that they are committed to their elimination.
[3] The prohibition is also contained in a number of other instruments.[4]
Main article:
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The convention is administered by the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which acts as the legal platform for specification of the CWC provisions (the
Conference of State Parties is mandated to change the CWC, pass regulations on implementation of CWC requirements etc.). The organisations furthermore conducts inspections at military and industrial plants to ensure compliance of member states.
Key points of the Convention
- Prohibition of production and use of chemical weapons
- Destruction (or monitored conversion to other functions) of chemical weapons production facilities
- Destruction of all chemical weapons (including chemical weapons abandoned outside the state parties territory)
- Assistance between State Parties and the OPCW in the case of use of chemical weapons
- An OPCW inspection regime for the production of chemicals which might be converted to chemical weapons
- International cooperation in the peaceful use of chemistry in relevant areas
Member states
Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention Signed and ratified
Acceded
Signed but not ratified
Non-signatory
Main article:
List of parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
Almost all countries in the world have joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. Currently 189 of the 196 states recognized by the United Nations are party to the CWC.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] Of the seven states that are not, two have signed but not yet ratified the treaty (
Burma and
Israel) and five states have not signed the treaty (
Angola,
North Korea,
Egypt,
South Sudan and
Syria).