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National Implementation Measures
Pearson, Graham S. Sims, N.A.
Pearson, Graham S.
Sims, N.A.
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1998-01
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Article IV of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention sets out the obligation for
States Parties to implement the BTWC through appropriate national measures. Although
some States have enacted such legislation, others have not and the Aum Shinrikyo incident in
Tokyo in March 1995 underlined the importance of appropriate penal legislation both to
implement the BTWC (and the Chemical Weapons Convention) and to criminalise any
development, production, stockpiling or acquisition of such weapons for terrorist or criminal
purposes. This Briefing Paper reviews the development of the language relating to Article IV
of the BTWC by the four Review Conferences, notes the requirements of the Chemical
Weapons Convention and then addresses the opportunity provided by the Ad Hoc Group
negotiations to strengthen the BTWC through stronger implementation measures.
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Pearson, G.S. and Sims, N.A. (1998). National Implementation Measures. Bradford, Bradford Disarmament Research Centre, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. BTWC Briefing Papers: 1st Series, No. 4.
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