Syrian Chemical Weapons and International Law

Tatsuya Abe is Professor of International Law at the School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan. Having received his Doctor of Laws degree from Kyoto University, Professor Abe specializes in disarmament and arms control law, having been involved for over 20 years with the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Recent publications include Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Law (2011) (in Japanese), as well as articles in The Nonproliferation Review and Japanese Yearbook of International Law.

Introduction.- International Law Pertaining to Syrian Chemical Weapons.- International Humanitarian Law: ad hoc Compliance/non-Compliance Control through ex post Measures.- International Disarmament Law: Systematic and Continuous Compliance/non-Compliance Control based on combined ex ante and ex post measures.- Conclusion.- Appendix.