JungesChemieForum (JCF)

10 Years The Hague Ethical Guidelines – JCF delegates at the anniversary celebration

In January 1993, history was made in Paris when the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was opened for signature. In just three days, 130 countries pledged their support for this landmark treaty aiming for the control and the destruction of chemical weapons.¹⁾

Now, over 30 years later, this landmark treaty has proven to be a resounding success and a powerful testament to international cooperation. All declared chemical weapon stockpiles have been destroyed, and roughly 98% of the entire world population lives under the protection of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its CWC, working tirelessly for a world free of chemical weapons.¹⁾

In 2015, an international group of 24 distinguished chemists recognized that while significant progress in the destruction of declared chemical weapons has been made, additional measures to prevent their reemergence were necessary. To ensure the peaceful and ethical use of chemistry, they developed the The Hague Ethical Guidelines.²⁾

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