Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention

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treaty article

Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention is the treaty provision that establishes and governs the Conference of the States Parties, defining its composition, powers, and procedures as the principal decision-making body of the Convention.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Article VIII CWC	1
Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention	1
States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	treaty article ⓘ
adoptedWithTreaty	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
adoptionDate	1992-09-03 ⓘ
appliesTo	all States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
citationForm	Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Article VIII CWC
definesCompositionOf	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
definesPowersOf	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
definesProceduresOf	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
definesRoleOf	Conference of the States Parties as principal decision-making body of the Convention ⓘ
designatesAsPrincipalOrgan	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate	1997-04-29 ⓘ
establishes	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
governs	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
governsBodyWithin	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect	authorizes adoption of rules of procedure for the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ authorizes establishment of subsidiary organs by the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ confers powers on the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ creates obligations for States Parties regarding participation in the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ regulates convening of regular and special sessions of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ regulates decision-making by consensus and voting in the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ regulates participation of observers in the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ
locatedInInstrument	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ surface form: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
partOf	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
principalOrganCreated	Conference of the States Parties ⓘ surface form: Conference of the States Parties of the OPCW
providesThat	each State Party shall be a member of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ the Conference of the States Parties may hold special sessions ⓘ the Conference of the States Parties shall consider any questions, matters or issues within the scope of the Convention ⓘ the Conference of the States Parties shall meet in regular sessions ⓘ the Conference of the States Parties shall oversee the implementation of the Convention ⓘ the Conference of the States Parties shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the Convention ⓘ
relatesTo	governance of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
subjectMatter	decision-making procedures under the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ functions of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ institutional structure of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ participation of States Parties in the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ relationship of the Conference of the States Parties with the Executive Council ⓘ relationship of the Conference of the States Parties with the Technical Secretariat ⓘ rules of procedure of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ sessions of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ voting procedures of the Conference of the States Parties ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention → citationForm → Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article VIII CWC

CSP → fullName → Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties

this entity surface form: Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention

Technical Secretariat of the OPCW → hasMandateFrom → Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention

Conference of the States Parties → legalBasis → Article VIII of the Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ