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Can the use of #chemicalweapons be classified as #torture?
Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan
and Barry de Vries examine the implications in light of #Canada and the #Netherlands initiating proceedings against #Syria before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Read the new article on #PRIFblog 
https://blog.prif.org/2023/08/21/chemical-attacks-under-the-convention-against-torture-a-new-possible-avenue/
PRIF BLOGChemical Attacks under the Convention against Torture: A New Possible Avenue? - PRIF BLOGOn the 8th of June 2023, Canada and the Netherlands initiated proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Syria for violating the Convention against Torture (CAT) by inter alia using chemical weapons against the civilian population. This would be the first time ever that the ICJ had the opportunity to deal with chemical weapons in contentious proceedings. This blog post will briefly summarize the most pertinent legal questions and political implications that arise in the context of the ICJ proceedings. It will be demonstrated that the prohibition of chemical weapons is not based on a single legal framework. Rather, we need to look at the chemical weapons taboo comprehensively and from a perspective of multi-normativity.