Under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), riot control agents fall into a grey area whereby they are permitted for law enforcement purposes, but prohibited as a method of warfare. The status of incapacitating chemical and biochemical agents (incapacitants) is even more ambiguous, with various interpretations of what constitutes permissible use.
The contentious issue of regulating the use of such 'non-lethal' chemical agents has long been avoided by CWC member states. Yet a growing interest in the development and use of such agents threatens to erode the international opprobrium on chemical weapons, and demanded greater urgency from the meeting of the 188 CWC member states in The Hague, held between 30 November and 4 December for the 14th Session of the Conference of States Parties. Misuse of chemical agents
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