Geneva Protocol

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf treaty
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:World_Health_Organization
gptkb:International_Committee_of_the_Red_Cross
gptkb:Organization_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons
gptkbp:amends 1936 amendments
1946 amendments
gptkbp:associatedWith humanitarian law
disarmament efforts
gptkbp:criticism lack of enforcement
ambiguity in definitions
gptkbp:currentStatus subject to interpretation
still in effect
gptkbp:effectiveDate February 8, 1928
gptkbp:enforces none
none established
gptkbp:historicalContext post-World_War_I_era
gptkbp:historicalSignificance foundation for future disarmament treaties
first multilateral agreement on chemical weapons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geneva Protocol
gptkbp:impact international law
military strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Geneva_Conventions
Hague Conventions
gptkbp:legacy set precedent for future treaties
influenced global norms on warfare
gptkbp:legalStatus widely ratified
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Gulf_War_chemical_weapons_use
gptkb:Iraq_War_chemical_weapons_allegations
gptkb:Syria_chemical_weapons_attacks
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:France
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
human rights organizations
peace activists
international law advocates
some scholars
certain governments
some military strategists
gptkbp:purpose prohibit the use of chemical and biological weapons
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Ottawa_Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Convention on Cluster Munitions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Chemical_Weapons_Convention
gptkb:Biological_Weapons_Convention
gptkbp:signatories League_of_Nations_member_states
gptkbp:yearEstablished June 17, 1925