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- Title
The Language Barrier: Can the ICC Prosecute Chemical Warfare?
- Authors
Ahmad, Nadia
- Abstract
International law has come a long way in outlawing chemical weapon usage during warfare. From the 1907 Hague Convention to the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, there exists a comprehensive and mostly successful prohibition and verification regime for chemical weapons. However, the advent of modern warfare in recent conflicts in Syria and in Ukraine demonstrates compliance control is severely lacking for this form of weaponry. Consequently, there is no comprehensive accountability framework for international humanitarian law violations in the form of chemical weapon usage. Without explicit language criminalizing it, this heinous form of war crime ends up slipping under the radar. This article explores these jurisdictional gaps in both international and non-international armed conflicts and recommends ways the international community should cement its commitment to penalizing chemical weapon utilization.
- Subjects
COMMUNICATION barriers; INTERNATIONAL law; CHEMICAL weapons; CHEMICAL warfare; WEAPONS; HUMANITARIAN law
- Publication
Human Rights Quarterly, 2024, Vol 46, Issue 1, p98
- ISSN
0275-0392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hrq.2024.a918541