The following organizations offer or coordinate legislative assistance and/or advice through their own outreach programmes; through networks of experts, including coordinating assistance provided by states; and by other means.
If your state or organization offers such assistance, but is not listed here, please contact jane.awford@vertic.org so that VERTIC can include this information in future updates.
The UN 1540 Committee maintains a directory of states, international and regional organizations that have indicated their willingness to assist states lacking the legal and regulatory infrastructure, implementation experience, and/or resources to implement the provisions of the UN Security Council resolution 1540 within their territories.
Note Verbale regarding provision of assistance - SCA/7/05(03)
Secretariat of the 1540 Committee
Secretariat Building, Room S-3055-I
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
USA
Tel: (1) 212 964 3520
Fax: (general): +1 212 963 1300
Fax: (implementation assistance): +1 212 457 4045
E-mail (implementation assistance): 1540experts@un.org
http://disarmament2.un.org/Committee1540
See also Reference: legislation and other databases for:
The 1540 Committee legislation databases with links to the original texts of laws, ordinances, decrees and decisions related to activities addressed in the resolution. The database is organized by country.
The 1540 Committee database of national reports and other national documents submitted to it.
On request, VERTIC will assist states to prepare surveys of their existing legislation relevant to NBC treaties, resolutions and other legal instruments, identifying possible gaps where states may usefully take action to meet their NIM obligations; review and comment on draft legislation; conduct awareness-raising activities on NBC weapons obligations for a range of national stakeholders, including departmental officials, parliamentarians, industry, academic and others; and coordinate legislative drafting on NBC weapons legislation among other assistance providers.
VERTIC will offer assistance with legislative drafting specifically for BW obligations in late 2007.
Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
Development House
56-64 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4LT
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0880
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7065 0890
Email: angela.woodward@vertic.org; andreas.persbo@vertic.org
www.vertic.org
Both the BWC and the CWC are considered to be part of the body of international humanitarian law. The ICRC Advisory Service offers expertise in civil and common law through its Geneva-based headquarters and a team of legal experts based in each continent. Among its primary functions, the Advisory Service offers legal and technical assistance in incorporating IHL into national law. This includes translating IHL treaties, carrying out studies on the compatibility of national law with the obligations arising from these treaties and providing legal advice.
c/o ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland:
Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law
International Committee of the Red Cross
19, avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 734 60 01
Fax: +41 22 733 20 57
Email: advisoryservice.gva@icrc.org
www.icrc.org (follow the link for International Humanitarian Law)
Or
Through your nearest ICRC delegation. You can find this information on the ‘Contacts’ page of www.icrc.org or click here
The Implementation Support Unit (ISU) will, among other roles, serve as a clearinghouse for information submitted by States to indicate that they are able to offer, or would like to request, assistance with national implementation measures. The ISU became operational in mid-2007.
Contact details:
Mr. Richard Lennane
Head of the ISU
tel: +41 (0)22 917 22 30
e-mail: rlennane@unog.ch
Dr. Piers Millett
Political Affairs Officer
tel: +41 (0)22 917 34 63
e-mail: pmillet@unog.ch
Ms. Ngoc Phuong Huynh
Associate Political Affairs Officer
tel: +41 (0)22 917 22 61
Email: bwc@unog.ch
Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0483
Under the Joint Action in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the European Union is offering assistance to address the drafting of national legislation implementing the BTWC. Depending on a state’s requirements, the assistance may also involve: reviewing the completeness of existing national measures; identifying possible gaps in existing national measures; and/or advising on approaches to implementing BTWC obligations through national measures.
Ms Annalisa Giannella
Personal Representative of the High Representative
on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Council of the European Union
Rue de la Loi, 175
B-1048 Brussels
BELGIUM
Tel: +32-2-281 8044
Fax: +32-2-281 8155
Email: secretariat.wmd@consilium.europa.eu
www.euja-btwc.eu
VERTIC will offer assistance with legislative drafting specifically for BW obligations in late 2007. (See ‘Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials’ above for details of other assistance that VERTIC can provide to states.)
Contact details:
Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
Development House
56-64 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4LT
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0880
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7065 0890
Email: angela.woodward@vertic.org
www.vertic.org
The Office of the Legal Adviser of the OPCW Technical Secretariat has an established programme of legal technical assistance, including examples of comprehensive legislation, models and explanatory documentation. It also comments on draft legislation submitted by states parties. Resources permitting, technical assistance visits can be made to OPCW Headquarters by legislative drafters seeking advice. Additionally, legal experts from states parties and/or the Technical Secretariat routinely assist states parties on-site upon request. The Office of the Legal Adviser also maintains a network of legal experts nominated by states parties. The network includes experts from several international organizations.
Contact details:
Legislation Helpdesk
Johan de Wittlaan 32
2517 JR – The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 416 3814; +31 70 416 3824
Fax: +31 70 416 3824
Email: legal@opcw.org
www.opcw.org
See NIM tools: guides, handbooks and checklists for
the OPCW National Legislation Implementation Kit (LAO-March 2006), and
CWC National Implementation Measures: OPCW checklist for the legislator.
These are also available through the Treaties/UN resolutions/bilateral & multilateral agreements: chemical weapons page.
The IAP has been jointly established by the governments of Romania and the United States to assist States Parties to establish national authorities and administrative measures to implement the CWC's declaration and export/import requirements.
Contact details:
Romanian National Agency for Export Control (ANCEX)
(Agentia National de control al exporturilor)
Strada Polona nr. 8
Sector 1
Cod 010501
Bucharest
Romania
Tel.: 021 305 72 19 / 311 20 83
Fax: 021 311 12 65 / 312 02 72
E-mail: ancex@ancex.ro
www.ancex.ro
Or
US Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty Outreach Program
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
US Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
United States
Tel: +1 202 647 6455
Fax: + 1 202 647 8333
E-mail: farmerkm@state.gov
NIM tools: guides, handbooks and checklists for:
The Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the CTBTO offers implementation advice to authorities in state signatories. The PTS also organizes, on request, seminars and workshops dealing exclusively or in part with national implementation measures and maintains a database of implementation measures taken by states signatories. In order to assist the secretariat in carrying out its programme of assistance, states signatories are encouraged to inform it of the national implementation measures they take.
Contact details:
Legal Services Section
Legal and External Relations Division
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
Vienna International Centre
P.O. Box 1200
A-1400 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: (+43-1)-26030-6128
Fax: (+43-1)-26030-5976
e mail: sandra.glittenberg@ctbto.org / info@ctbto.org
www.ctbto.org
NIM tools: guides, handbooks and checklists for:
the CTBTO National Implementation Measures Legislation Pack. This provides information on legal and administrative measures for the implementation of the Treaty. This includes the purpose and scope of national implementation measures, a description of the main elements that should be considered for inclusion in national implementation legislation, a model implementation law, and information on the Commission's technical assistance programme on legislation.
The objectives of the IAEA Office of Legal Affairs legislative assistance programme are to create awareness in member states of the legally binding and non-binding international instruments in the nuclear field; enable member states to comply with their international obligations and commitments; enable member states to establish national legal frameworks governing the safe and peaceful uses of nuclear energy; and transfer relevant knowledge to member states. It covers all branches of nuclear law, in particular nuclear safety; nuclear security; safeguards; and liability for nuclear damage.
The programme is implemented through a multi-faceted approach: holding national and regional training courses and seminars; training individuals; providing bilateral assistance in drafting national laws; and developing reference material for assessing national laws.
Legislative assistance is provided on request and is available to all member states, regardless of the size of their nuclear programme. It would be of particular benefit to those states which are either in the process of, or seeking to, establish new laws; update existing laws; or consolidate their existing national nuclear legal frameworks.
Office of Legal Affairs
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
P.O. Box 100
Wagramer Strasse 5
A-1400 Vienna
Austria
Tel: (+431) 2600-0
Fax: (+431) 2600-7
Email: Official.Mail@iaea.org
www.iaea.org
See NIM tools: guides, handbooks and checklists for:
the IAEA ‘Handbook on nuclear law’, which is available in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish. It can also be accessed from the ‘Treaties / UN resolutions / bilateral & multilateral agreements’ page.
Prohibit and prevent misuse of NBC materials.
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