Verifying Treaty Compliance
Subtitle: Limiting Weapons of Mass Destruction and Monitoring Kyoto Protocol Provisions
Contributors: Rudolf Avenhaus (Editor); Nicholas Kyriakopoulos (Editor); Michel Richard (Editor); Gotthard Stein (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 11, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 629
ISBN-13: 9783540338536
Subjects: International Law; Nuclear power & engineering; Law; Engineering - Nuclear; Legal Reference / Law Profession; International; Environmental Science; Kyoto Protocol Verification; Law / International; Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; Nuclear Nonproliferation; Nuclear Safeguards; Treaty Verification; Nuclear arms control; Verification; Weapons of mass destruction
Description: International treaties requiring binding commitments on the part of the member states and appropriate compliance verification by an international authority constitute a primary assurance against risks posed by the spread of sensitive technologies that can be used to produce weapons of mass destruction or risks posed by climate changes due to global human activities. This book presents in an interdisciplinary manner experts' analyses and views of existing verification systems: It gives guidelines and advice for the improvement of those systems as well as for new challenges in the field.