The Implementation of Legally Binding Measures to Strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chevrier, Marie Isabelle (Editor), Chomiczewski, Krzysztof (Editor), Garrigue, Henri (Editor), Granasztói, György (Editor), Dando, Malcolm R. (Editor), Pearson, Graham S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 150
• Subjects: Law.; Microbiology.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Social sciences.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Social Sciences, general.

Incidents of bioterrorism and biowarfare are likely to recur, leading to increased public concern and government action. The deficiencies of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) are in urgent need of attention: the BTWC is the central international agreement to prevent the proliferatio...