Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Archives

BWC at 50: Global South Perspectives on Biosecurity

This article explores the engagement of Global South states with the Biological Weapons Convention. Drawing on deliberations from the Working Group on Strengthening the Convention, it was revealed that Article… Continue reading BWC at 50: Global South Perspectives on Biosecurity

Aayushi Sharma
July-December 2025
CBW Magazine

South America: Situation and Challenges Regarding the Implementation of the BWC

This brief paper focuses on the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in South America, examining its strengths and weaknesses, and presenting potential avenues for cooperation and capacity-building. Read… Continue reading South America: Situation and Challenges Regarding the Implementation of the BWC

Maria Espona
July-December 2025
CBW Magazine

The Biological Weapons Convention at Fifty: Codifying 100 years of efforts to combat biological warfare – A Timely Chronicle of a Treaty’s Enduring Relevance, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), February 2025

As the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) commemorates its 50th anniversary, the UNODA has released a landmark publication in February 2025, titled “The Biological Weapons Convention at Fifty: Codifying 100 Years… Continue reading The Biological Weapons Convention at Fifty: Codifying 100 years of efforts to combat biological warfare – A Timely Chronicle of a Treaty’s Enduring Relevance, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), February 2025

Half a Century of the Biological Weapon Convention: Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects

As the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) marks its fiftieth anniversary since entering into force in 1975, this chapter offers a comprehensive examination of its evolution, limitations, and future trajectory. The… Continue reading Half a Century of the Biological Weapon Convention: Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects

Manish , Vidhi Rathore
January-June 2025
CBW Magazine

Is White phosphorus an inhumane weapon?

This paper explores the legal classification of White phosphorus under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any… Continue reading Is White phosphorus an inhumane weapon?

The 2018 Meeting of States Parties (MSP) on Biological Weapons Convention: An Assessment

The Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention which was held in Geneva during 07-25 November 2016 had an extremely disappointing outcome. This Review Conference, as is now widely… Continue reading The 2018 Meeting of States Parties (MSP) on Biological Weapons Convention: An Assessment

Manish
July-December 2018
CBW Magazine

The BWC Review: Issues and Challenges

Use of biological pathogens to attack populations continues to be one of the major threats today, whether by state actors or in the hands of non-state actors, amorphous entities or… Continue reading The BWC Review: Issues and Challenges

Manish
July-December 2016
CBW Magazine

Beyond Forty Years of the BWC

In shadow of many unprecedented terror attacks, disastrous toll taken by Ebola across the globe and dreadful spread of Swine Flu in India, the 40th anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention… Continue reading Beyond Forty Years of the BWC

Anshu Joshi
January-June 2015
CBW Magazine

The BWC and Industry: A Plea for Industry Outreach

After a history of violations, failed compliance negotiations and almost a decade of annual intersessional discussions, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) remains essentially, a paper tiger, a five-page… Continue reading The BWC and Industry: A Plea for Industry Outreach

Cindy Vestergaard
January-June 2011
CBW Magazine