Next month (February 24) will mark one year since Russia began its full-scale war on Ukraine. This large-scale land invasion has had
repercussions across the geopolitical,
humanitarian, financial, and even food and energy domains. It has also had devastating ecological impacts.
The legal framework prohibiting chemical weapons (CW) is considered the gold standard for multilateral disarmament. It features both comprehensive provisions and intrusive verification measures. Yet, in the case of Syria, this framework (which extends to the United Nations Security Council) has proven insufficient.