Editing Chemical Weapons Convention (section)

==Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)==
[[File:HQ of OPCW in The Hague.jpg|thumb|Headquarters in [[The Hague]]]]
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The convention is administered by the [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW), which acts as the legal platform for specification of the CWC provisions.<ref>[http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/perspective/2015/intersection-science-and-chemical-disarmament The Intersection of Science and Chemical Disarmament], Beatrice Maneshi and Jonathan E. Forman, Science & Diplomacy, 21 September 2015.</ref> The Conference of the States Parties is mandated to change the CWC and pass regulations on the implementation of CWC requirements. The Technical Secretariat of the organization conducts inspections to ensure compliance of member states. These inspections target destruction facilities (where constant monitoring takes place during destruction), chemical weapons production facilities which have been dismantled or converted for civil use, as well as inspections of the chemical industry. The Secretariat may furthermore conduct "investigations of alleged use" of chemical weapons and give assistance after use of chemical weapons.{{cn|date=April 2022}}

The [[2013 Nobel Peace Prize]] was awarded to the organization because it had, with the Chemical Weapons Convention, "defined the use of chemical weapons as a [[taboo]] under [[international law]]" according to [[Thorbjørn Jagland]], Chairman of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24490925|title=Syria chemical weapons monitors win Nobel Peace Prize|date=11 October 2013|access-date=12 October 2013|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2013/press.html | title=Official press release from Nobel prize Committee | publisher=Nobel Prize Organization | date=11 October 2013 | access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref>