Chemical Security Risk Reduction

Facilitating Standards and Assessing National Chemical Security Legal Frameworks

Preventing the proliferation of dangerous and dual use chemicals with research, resources, and analysis

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Chemical weapons remain an enduring and real challenge to international peace and security. This project also seeks to promote the development of international standards for chemical security, increase implementation of national measures to secure chemical weapons related materials as required under international law, and identify the national legal infrastructures for chemical weapons nonproliferation security worldwide.

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Chemical Security Legal Index

This index serves as a tool for stakeholders to find real, open source examples of laws and regulations on chemical security. These legal texts can be used to help governments determine practical approaches to enhance their national chemical security practices. The Stimson Center seeks to help increase the relatively low levels of implementation of national measures to secure chemical weapons related materials in support of the objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the obligations of UNSCR 1540.