What is a permitted purpose under the Chemical Weapons Convention?
The purposes permitted under this convention refer to:
- Industrial, agricultural, research, medical, pharmaceutical or other peaceful purposes;
- Protective purposes, namely those that are directly related to the protection against toxic chemicals and to the protection against chemical weapons;
- Military purposes that are not connected to the use of chemical weapons or dependent on the use of the toxic properties of chemicals as a method of warfare; and
- Law enforcement including domestic riot control purposes.
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