Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) by Friedrich, Bretislav; Schmidt, Ulf; Walker, Paul;

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This open-access volume consists of papers presented at the conference “Thirty Years of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC): Histories, Achievements, Challenges”, held in Berlin, 5–6 October 2023, as well as of additional contributions.

The volume’s twenty-two individual chapters reflect on the history and achievements of the CWC over the past thirty years and explore existing and future challenges as the world realigns itself with a new geopolitical and security environment amid ongoing conflicts in volatile regions such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Highlights of the volume include:

• Contributions by government officials, renowned scholars, and esteemed members of civil society.
• A keynote address by the former Director General of the implementing agency of the CWC, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), providing insights into the treaty’s evolution.
• A section examining the potential of the CWC as a model for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Politics and Diplomacy: Perspectives on CWC, Opening Address.- Opening Remarks.- Keynote Address.- Remarks on Challenges to the Chemical Weapons Convention I.- Remarks on Challenges to the Chemical Weapons Convention II.- Histories of Chemical Weapons in the 20th Century: In Denial of the Horrors of Chemical Warfare: Expert Assessments of Chemical Weapons During and After World War One.- Coping with Crisis: Rumours, Science and Poison Warfare in Inter-War Europe.- ‘Woe to You for Being a Grandchild’: Mutations and the Ethical Case Against WMDs Among Post-War British Geneticists.- Participation of Civil Society in CWC Implementation: How Far We’ve Come: The Colorado Experience.- Civil Society Participation and Collaboration to Meet the Chemical, Weapons Convention Goals: How Far We Have Come?.- Voices from the Margins: The Unseen Impact of Chemical Weapons on Civilian Populations.- Voices from the Centre: A Mission to Destroy Chemical Weapon Stock-piles Worldwide.- CWC – A Model for the Abolition of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD): From Disarmament to Abolition: Learning to Maintain the CWC Model.- The Chemical Weapons Convention as a Model for Verification of the Biological Weapons Convention.- Compliance Management – The Verification Dimension.- Preventing the Weaponization of Mid-Spectrum Agents as the Chemical, Life and Associated Sciences Converge.- Three Decades of Chemical Weapons Destruction: Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned.- Chemical Weapons and Terrorism: Ongoing and Future Challenges.- The Chemical Weapons Convention as a Tool in the Global Fight against Terrorism.- Defence Against Terror Weapons: Why Are Chemical Weapons Still Used and How Do We Defend Against Them?.- Information Warfare: The Power of Images: The Photographic Document: Aesthetics and Politics of Militarised Photographs.