OPCW: The Legal Texts

Lisa Woolomes Tabassi

ISBN 10: 9067043184 / ISBN 13: 9789067043182

Published by T.M.C. Asser Press, T.M.C. Asser Press Okt 2009, 2009

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. The CWC has now been in force for more than a decade, and has achieved almost universal adherence. To achieve its objectives, the CWC established the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This second edition of OPCW: The Legal Texts brings together the text of the Convention, the interpretative decisions and understandings reached by the organs of the OPCW, policies, rules of procedure, regulations, the conclusions of the two reviews undertaken by the States Parties of the operation of the Convention and key background texts. The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the Convention regime, as it has developed over the last decade.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 776 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OPCW: The Legal Texts
• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press, T.M.C. Asser Press Okt 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9067043184
• ISBN 13: 9789067043182
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 175H x 47D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 47 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1471 grams

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Synopsis

The 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) bans an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. The CWC has now been in force for more than a decade, and has achieved almost universal adherence. To achieve its objectives, the CWC established the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This second edition of OPCW: The Legal Texts brings together the text of the Convention, the interpretative decisions and understandings reached by the organs of the OPCW, policies, rules of procedure, regulations, the conclusions of the two reviews undertaken by the States Parties of the operation of the Convention and key background texts. The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the Convention regime, as it has developed over the last decade.

Book Description

This second edition brings together the texts of the decisions, policies, understandings, regulations and other legal instruments that have guided the operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention over the last decade, including its regime for verification of the destruction of chemical weapons.