Article XVI
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Article XVI is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that outlines the procedures for amending the treaty and adapting it to future developments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Article XVI canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12984990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article XVI Context triple: [BWC, hasArticle, Article XVI]
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Article XVII
Article XVII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses the relationship between the Convention and existing international agreements and obligations of states.
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B.
Article XVIII
Article XVIII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses the treaty’s procedural or final clauses within the framework of international law.
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C.
Article XV
Article XV is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that governs how the treaty may be amended by its States Parties.
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D.
Article XIII
Article XIII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses procedural or institutional aspects related to the convention’s implementation.
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E.
Article XII
Article XII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses the relationship between the Convention and existing or future international agreements and obligations of states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article XVI Target entity description: Article XVI is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that outlines the procedures for amending the treaty and adapting it to future developments.
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A.
Article XVII
Article XVII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses the relationship between the Convention and existing international agreements and obligations of states.
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B.
Article XVIII
Article XVIII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses the treaty’s procedural or final clauses within the framework of international law.
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C.
Article XV
Article XV is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that governs how the treaty may be amended by its States Parties.
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D.
Article XIII
Article XIII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses procedural or institutional aspects related to the convention’s implementation.
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E.
Article XII
Article XII is a provision of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide that addresses the relationship between the Convention and existing or future international agreements and obligations of states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | treaty article ⓘ |
| appliesTo | States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | consent of States Parties ⓘ |
| bindingOn | all States that are Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| concerns | formal amendment of treaty obligations ⓘ |
| defines |
conditions under which amendments enter into force
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procedure for adopting amendments to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ procedure for proposing amendments to the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| governs | procedures for modifying the text of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| hasCitationForm | Article XVI BWC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumber | Article 16 ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to ensure the Biological Weapons Convention can respond to scientific and technological developments
ⓘ
to provide a formal mechanism to update the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legally binding on States Parties ⓘ |
| legalSystem | international law ⓘ |
| locatedInDocument | main text of the Biological Weapons Convention ⓘ |
| partOf | Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates | process for convening States Parties to consider amendments ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article XV of the Biological Weapons Convention
ⓘ
Article XVIII of the Biological Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adaptation of the treaty to future developments
ⓘ
amendment procedures ⓘ |
| treatyType | arms control treaty provision ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Article XVI Description of subject: Article XVI is a provision of the Biological Weapons Convention that outlines the procedures for amending the treaty and adapting it to future developments.
Referenced by (1)
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