Treaty Enforcement and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters:With Special Reference to the Chemical Weapons Convention

Introduction: Enforcement of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Its Wider Perspective.- Introduction: Enforcement of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Its Wider Perspective.- “Cooperation and Mutual Legal Assistance”: Legal Basis.- and Summary.- The Chemical Weapons Convention and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters.- Legal Assistance: The Chemical Weapons Convention and Complementary Agreements.- National Legislation to Implement Legal Assistance and Cooperation.- Parallels: An Overview of Cooperation and Enforcement Initiatives under the 1988 Narcotics Convention.- Jurisdictional Issues.- and Summary.- Concurrent Jurisdiction: Developments and Issues.- Concurrent Jurisdiction: Legal and Policy Considerations.- What If: Prosecuting Crimes of Chemical Terror.- Interaction between International and National Criminal Courts in the ICTY.- Concurrent Application of International, National and African Laws in Rwanda.- and Summary.- Cooperation with and between International Organisations: Navigating through the Obstacle Course.- State Cooperation with the ICTY.- State Cooperation with The ICC.- The Mixed Tribunals for Cambodia and Sierra Leone.- and Summary.- Confidentiality: The Iaea’s Experience.- The Chemical Weapons Convention Confidentiality Regime.- National Implementation of Confidentiality Obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention: The New Zealand Experience.- Possible Action in the Courts of the Netherlands for Serious Breaches of the Opcw’s Confidentiality Regime.- Disciplining International Officials.- Modalities.- and Summary.- Extradition: The Practical Challenges.- Extradition in a Time of Transition, with Special Reference to Crimes Involving Chemical Weapons.- International Cooperation in Criminal Justice: Problems, Perspectives and How to Improve It.- Implementation of Legal Assistance Agreements from the Perspective of Czech Law.- Georgian Penal Legislation in the Context Of Article Vii of the Chemical Weapons Convention.- and Summary.- Practical Aspects of Gathering Evidence in an International Environment.- Cooperation on Criminal Matters: A Defence Lawyer’s Perspective.- The Quest for International Criminal Justice: Considering the Perspectives of Witnesses, Survivors, the Prosecution and the Defence.- The Role of Victims and Witnesses in International Criminal Trials.- and Summary.- Interpol.- Europol.- Forensic Investigation of the Sarin Gas Attacks in Japan.- The Police Component: Zimbabwe’s Experience.- and Summary.- The Role of Customs Services and the World Customs Organization’s Enforcement Programme to Combat the Illicit Movement of Chemicals.- Customs Enforcement in a Regional Integration Arrangement: The Case of Comesa.- Challenges in the Implementation of Export Controls Under the Chemical Weapons Convention.- New Approaches to Stemming the Spread of Weapons within International Transportation Networks.- and Summary.- Transboundary Criminal Activity: The Role and Action of the European Union.- Institutionalised Law Enforcement Cooperation Through Europol.- Divergent National Implementing Legislation and Non-Uniform Implementation: Threat to the Object and Purpose of the Chemical Weapons Convention?.- National Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law.- Challenges.- and Summary.- International Cooperation in Protection Against Terrorism Through Interpol.- Chemical Terrorism: Precedents and Prospects.- International Terrorism: Devastating Current and Future Trends.- The OPCW and the Global Struggle Against Terrorism.- Combating Chemical Terrorism with National Implementing Legislation.- and Summary.- “No Safe Havens” — The Need to Strengthen International Control Regimes: Implications for National Implementation.- A Draft Convention to Prohibit Biological and Chemical Weapons Under International Criminal Law.- Legal Assistance under the Chemical Weapons Convention: An Optional Protocol to the Convention?.- and Summary.- Toward Meaningful Adherence to Multilateral Instruments for International Cooperation: The Challenges to Effective Mutual Legal Assistance.- Overcoming Obstacles in Achieving Wide Adherence to Multilateral Instruments: Some Comments from the European Perspective.- The Role of Regional Organisations in Facilitating Cooperation and Legal Assistance: The OECS Experience.- Judicial Assistance and Cooperation Among Member States of the OAS.- and Summary.- Protecting National Security and Other Confidential Information.- Protection of Confidential Business Information in Judicial Proceedings.- Managed Access Principles Applied Within a Judicial Framework.- Confidentiality and Judicial Proceedings: The Regime Under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Confidentiality Commission.