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International law and sea-dumped chemical weapons /

This volume contains a comprehensive legal analysis of the international frameworks governing the remediation of sea-dumped chemical weapons. It offers legal solutions to remedy sea-dumped chemical weapons and practical recommendations that can be put into practice by governments, scientists, indust...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dawson, Grant (Grant Mathew) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Marine pollution > Law and legislation.
Law of the sea.
Waste disposal in the ocean > Law and legislation.
Chemical weapons disposal > Environmental aspects.
Armes chimiques > Élimination > Aspect de l'environnement.
Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Military.
HISTORY.
LAW.
Chemical weapons disposal > Environmental aspects
Law of the sea
Waste disposal in the ocean > Law and legislation
International law.
Law.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Historical and Scientific Background to the Problem of Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons
  • A. The Post-World War Eras and the Potsdam Agreement
  • B. Research in the 1990s and 2000s
  • C. The Effects of SDCWs on the Marine Environment
  • D. Current Research
  • E. Conclusion
  • 2. The Ascertainment of the Legal Frameworks Governing Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons: The Chemical Weapons Convention
  • A. Legal History of the Negotiation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
  • B. Provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention Relevant to SDCWs
  • C. The Chemical Weapons Convention as a Multilateral Environmental Agreement
  • D. The Chemical Weapons Convention's pre-.1985 Exemption for SDCWs
  • 1. Negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament
  • 2. Interpretation of the pre-.1985 exemption for SDCWs and its normative influence
  • E. The Chemical Weapons Convention's Legal Regime Governing Old and Abandoned Chemical Weapons
  • 1. Old chemical weapons
  • 2. Abandoned chemical weapons
  • 3. Doctrinal overlap between old and abandoned chemical weapons
  • F. Conclusion
  • 3. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), Its Potential Applicability to Sea-.Dumped Chemical Weapons,
  • A. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  • 1. Historical development of the international law of the sea
  • 2. UNCLOS III
  • 3. Legal delimitation of the sea
  • 4. Environmental protection and the law of the sea
  • a) Background
  • b) Terminology
  • c) Obligations to protect the marine environment
  • B. The Legal Inter-.relationship between the Chemical Weapons Convention and UNCLOS
  • 1. Dissonance with UNCLOS's marine protection provisions
  • 2. Dissonance with the progression of international environmental law
  • 3. Dissonance of a subsequent inter se agreement
  • 4. Dissonance within the Chemical Weapons Convention's pre-.1985 exemption itself
  • C. Conclusion
  • 4. The Applicability of Other Legal Instruments to the Remediation of Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons
  • A. The London Convention and Protocol
  • B. The Basel Convention
  • C. Regional Seas Conventions
  • D. Conclusion
  • 5. Analysis of How Lacunae in the Applicable Legal Regimes Can Be Remedied Through Legal Strategies
  • A. Amendment of the Chemical Weapons Convention or UNCLOS
  • 1. Principles underpinning the alteration of treaties in public international law
  • 2. Amending the Chemical Weapons Convention
  • 3. Amending UNCLOS
  • B. Adoption of a Protocol to the Chemical Weapons Convention or UNCLOS
  • 1. Protocols in the context of the pre-.1985 exemption for SDCWs
  • 2. Proposals for protocols in the context of SDCWs
  • 3. Benefits of a protocol or an inter se agreement