An introduction to what chemical weapons are and how they fit within international humanitarian law (IHL). Chemical weapons have been discussed a lot in the news recently, and it is likely that young ...

Some deadly landmarks: Lessons learned: The horror of chemical weapons left the world reeling. The Geneva Convention made an attempt to severely limit their future use in warfare. Between the two ...

But chemical weapons evoke a strong emotional response, perhaps because they can be invisible, and victims often suffer slow and agonizing deaths, convulsing and gasping for breath. "This ...

Biomagnification is the increase in concentration of these chemicals in each organism up the food chain. In both processes, chemical concentration increases because organisms cannot break down or ...

Russia’s Deflections and Denials of Chemical Weapons Use in Ukraine: Forty-one nations met in the Netherlands to discuss enforcing the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international ban on ...

The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 was awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons". OPCW's Director-General Ahmet ...

A joint investigation by BBC Panorama and BBC Arabic shows for the first time the extent to which chemical weapons have been crucial to his war-winning strategy. Source: BBC Panorama and BBC ...

The Russian military has used chemical weapons in Ukraine. Now, it is being sanctioned for its illegal activities. The use of ...

Welcome to the Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS). This section highlights the Committee's activities and provides administrative resources for its members. Our primary activities include: Publication ...

The Council today prolonged the application of the EU restrictive measures (sanctions) against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons imposed on 25 persons and 3 entities for an additional year ...

The global watchdog for chemical weapons - the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - would usually be called in to assess any evidence. But that will be challenging in Mariupol ...

The UK has sanctioned Russian soldiers it says have used chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine. Russia’s ...