By Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (eds.)
The conference at the Prohibition of the improvement, creation, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical guns and on Their Destruction (CWC), which entered into strength on 29 April 1997, bans a whole class of guns of mass destruction. The CWC has now been in strength for nearly two decades and having a hundred ninety States events as at July 2014, has nearly completed common adherence. to accomplish its ambitions, the CWC confirmed the business enterprise for the Prohibition of Chemical guns (OPCW). This 3rd version of 'OPCW: The felony Texts' brings jointly the textual content of the conference, the interpretative judgements and understandings reached via the organs of the OPCW, regulations, ideas of process, rules, the conclusions of the 3 reports undertaken by means of the States events of the operation of the conference and key historical past texts. the quantity offers a entire evaluate of the conference regime, because it has built over the last seventeen years.
Useful for nationwide specialists liable for the operation of the conference of their international locations, governmental and non-governmental entities engaged in disarmament matters, criminal advisers, practitioners and lecturers engaged both in disarmament concerns, basic public foreign legislation and treaty law.
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2. Nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted as impeding the right of any State Party to conduct research into, develop, produce, acquire, transfer or use means of protection against chemical weapons, for purposes not prohibited under this Convention. 3. Each State Party undertakes to facilitate, and shall have the right to participate in, the fullest possible exchange of equipment, material and scientific and technological information concerning means of protection against chemical weapons.
The text of a proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Director‑General for circulation to all States Parties and to the Depositary. The proposed amendment shall be considered only by an Amendment Conference. Such an Amendment Conference shall be convened if one third or more of the States Parties notify the Director‑General not later than 30 days after its circulation that they support further consideration of the proposal. The Amendment Conference shall be held immediately following a regular session of the Conference unless the requesting States Parties ask for an earlier meeting.
36. In its consideration of doubts or concerns regarding compliance and cases of non‑compliance, including, inter alia, abuse of the rights provided for under this Convention, the Executive Council shall consult with the States Parties involved and, as appropriate, request the State Party to take measures to redress the situation within a specified time. To the extent that the Executive Council considers further action to be necessary, it shall take, inter alia, one or 18 chemical weapons convention more of the following measures: (a) Inform all States Parties of the issue or matter; (b) Bring the issue or matter to the attention of the Conference; (c) Make recommendations to the Conference regarding measures to redress the situation and to ensure compliance.