No. 122: The Chemical Weapons Ban: Status and Prospects

Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 122
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2012

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) has been in effect since 1997. Its aim is to eliminate completely that category of weapons of mass destruction, and it not only proscribes the use of chemical agents, but also their development, production, transfer, procurement, and stockpiling. The CWC treaty regime does, however, have several deficiencies: Membership is not universal; chemical disarmament is lagging behind the timetable; and the inspections regime has certain weaknesses.

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