Building Trust Through Verification
VERTIC is an independent, non-profit making charitable organisation. Our mission is to support the development, implementation and verification of international agreements and related regional and national initiatives.
VERTIC provides this support through research and analysis on verification regimes and implementation in a series of openly available publications. The centre also offers training through workshops carried out around the world, as well as through our internship programme. We help governments and international organisations in their efforts to make regimes binding by offering ratification/accession support. VERTIC also assists governments in translating commitments undertaken in international law into national legislation. We conduct all our work in an objective and impartial manner.
News
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Resource page for the Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification (GSTE-NDV)

VERTIC is pleased to announce the launch of its web-based compendium of information relating to the proposed establishment of a Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification (GSTE-NDV) within the United Nations disarmament machinery. You can find the compendium here. The UN Secretary General (UNSG) has sought the views of UN Member States on the…


15Sep
Expansion of China’s enrichment capacity at Lanzhou
By Grant Christopher, Renny Babiarz and Hailey Wingo. This work benefited from collaboration with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury College. A sixth centrifuge enrichment plant (CEP 6) is under […]
29Jun
VERTIC researcher participates in Indonesian Biorisk Association International Conference 2026
On 19 June 2026, Roel Walravens (Researcher, Compliance Mechanisms and Measures) participated in the Indonesian Biorisk Association International Conference, held from 18–19 June 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia under the theme […]
29Jun
VERTIC participates in UK – Ghana OPCW Mentorship Partnership Programme Visit
On 12 May 2026, Thomas Brown (Co-Programme Director for National Implementation) and Roel Walravens (Researcher, Compliance Mechanisms and Measures) participated in discussions on legal and regulatory frameworks for the implementation […]
11Jun
Analysis of a New DPRK Enrichment Facility
On June 4, KCNA released images and a statement from Kim Jong Un visiting a newly constructed gas centrifuge facility. When fully operational, the new facility could produce an additional 160 kg of HEU per year.
4Jun
New reports: Site Profiles on the DPRK’s Chemical Facilities
These reports on the Sunchon Area and 8th February Vinalon Complex are the seventh and eight Project Anthracite site profiles exploring different chemical production facilities throughout North Korea. VERTIC has […]