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☆ Exclusive: Syrians lead push to create global chemical weapons tribunal
  + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Stephanie Van Den Berg Anthony Deutsch Maya Gebeily | Stephanie Van Den Berg | Anthony Deutsch | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
"While it's Syrians that are calling for it, for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, if states so wish, it could be far beyond Syria," Olabi told Reuters. The Exceptional Chemical Weapons Tribunal proposal was launched on Nov. 30, the day victims of chemical attacks are remembered worldwide. 'SOME KIND OF JUSTICE'The use of chemical weapons is banned under the Geneva Conventions that codified the laws of war. That ban was strengthened by the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, a non-proliferation treaty joined by 193 states which is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW has the power to investigate claims of chemical weapons use and in some cases identify alleged perpetrators, but it has no prosecutorial powers.
Persons: Safaa Kamel, We'll, Ibrahim Olabi, Olabi, Bashar al, Akande, Mohamad Salim Namour, IIIM, Catherine Marchi, Uhel, Maya Gebeily, Stephanie van den Berg, Anthony Deutsch, Mahmoud Hasano, Angus MacSwan, Bernadette Baum Organizations: HAGUE, Reuters, Diplomats, Convention, Organisation, Chemical Weapons, United Nations, United Nations International Law Commission, ICC, UN, Islamic, TEN, International, Thomson Locations: Eastern Ghouta, Syria, Syrian, Afrin, BEIRUT, The Hague, Jobar, Syria's, Damascus, Ghouta, British, Geneva, France, Balkans, Rwanda, Lebanon, Douma, Russia, Beirut
☆ US destroys all of its supply of toxic nerve agent, the military's last chemical weapons
  + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US military has destroyed the last of its chemical weapons, President Joe Biden announced. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Nobel peace prize-winning organization that oversees the treaty, confirmed in a statement that the last chemical weapons declared by the convention's parties were destroyed. "The end of all declared chemical weapons stockpiles is an important milestone for the organization," said Fernando Arias, the director-general of the OPCW. "It is a critical step towards achieving its mission to permanently eliminate all chemical weapons." "I continue to encourage the remaining nations to join the Chemical Weapons Convention so that the global ban on chemical weapons can reach its fullest potential," Biden said in a statement.
Persons: Joe Biden, —, Fernando Arias, OPCW, Arias, Biden Organizations: Service, Blue Grass Army, Guardian, Centers for Disease Control, Chemical, Convention, Chemical Weapons, Pueblo Chemical, Chemical Weapons Convention Locations: Wall, Silicon, Kentucky, Colorado, Egypt, North Korea, South Sudan, Russia, Syria, Douma
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