Preventing the use of chemical weapons remains an enduring and real challenge to international peace and security. This project seeks to enhance compliance with international obligations to secure chemical weapons-related materials and facilities by identifying how Member States approach implementation through national chemical security legal frameworks and by promoting the development of best practices in the field.
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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.
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Explainer
The growing global chemical trade and threat of chemical terrorism creates an urgent need for national implementation of transport security measures.
Richard Cupitt
• Mark Albon
• Mary Vecellio
Policy Paper
Evidence suggests that national legal frameworks for chemical security, as required for all UN Member States under UNSCR 1540, remain persistently underdeveloped
Richard Cupitt
• Mary Vecellio
Policy Memo
There are not clear international standards or legal obligations to ensure the security of chemicals that can be used to make chemical weapons
Richard Cupitt
Commentary
Preventing Biological and Chemical Weapons Proliferation during COVID-19
Even in a pandemic, global governance institutions still need to prevent the spread of biological and chemical weapons.
Richard Cupitt
- April 29, 2020