Article I

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article of an international convention treaty provision

Article I is a key provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that sets out the fundamental prohibition on the development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Article I (Biological Weapons Convention)	0

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international convention ⓘ treaty provision ⓘ
addresses	armed conflict uses of biological and toxin weapons ⓘ hostile purposes ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate biological and toxin weapons as a class of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ prevent use of disease as a weapon ⓘ
appliesTo	agents of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes ⓘ microbial agents ⓘ other biological agents ⓘ toxins ⓘ weapons, equipment or means of delivery designed to use such agents or toxins for hostile purposes or in armed conflict ⓘ
associatedWith	international humanitarian law objectives ⓘ
bindingOn	States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	general purpose criterion for biological and toxin weapons prohibition ⓘ
foundationFor	interpretation of the Biological Weapons Convention’s scope ⓘ
function	defines prohibited activities under the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ establishes core disarmament obligation of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ
influences	national implementation measures of States Parties ⓘ
languageIncludes	"never in any circumstances" ⓘ "prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes" ⓘ
legalEffect	obliges States Parties never under any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain biological and toxin weapons ⓘ
legalNature	binding obligation on States Parties ⓘ
partOf	Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
prohibits	acquisition of biological weapons ⓘ acquisition of toxin weapons ⓘ development of biological weapons ⓘ development of toxin weapons ⓘ production of biological weapons ⓘ production of toxin weapons ⓘ retention of biological weapons ⓘ retention of toxin weapons ⓘ stockpiling of biological weapons ⓘ stockpiling of toxin weapons ⓘ
purposeLimitation	prohibits agents and toxins except for other peaceful purposes ⓘ prohibits agents and toxins except for prophylactic purposes ⓘ prohibits agents and toxins except for protective purposes ⓘ
relatedTo	Article II (Biological Weapons Convention) NERFINISHED ⓘ Article III (Biological Weapons Convention) NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	covers activities lacking justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes ⓘ covers both biological agents and toxins ⓘ covers means of delivery of biological and toxin agents ⓘ
setsOut	fundamental prohibition on biological weapons ⓘ

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