LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS AND REGULATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: A SUBJECT OF CONTROVERSY

¹Nwanolue, Bonn Obiekwe Godwin and ²Victor Chidubem Iwuoha

¹ Department of Political Science, Anambra State University, Igbariam Campus

²Department of Political Science University of Nigeria, Nsukka

E-mail:tchydubevick@yahoo.com

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The twenty first century armed conflicts, have witnessed great loss of human lives and properties. Equally, the international law of war, which includes  the four Geneva convention of 1949, two additional protocols of 1977, the 1980 United Nations declaration prohibiting the use of dangerous weapon s in war, have been grossly violated  in the of nations, at the center stage of world politics. Hence, ,the Ballum Jusum theory queries the effec\6tiveness of law of armed conflicts in regulating weapons of mass destruction, especially in warfare . Accordingly, this paper eamines Weapons of Mass Destruction, Chemical warfare, Biological warfare, Bacteriological Warfare, Total Protection from Chemical or Biological Attack, Detection and Shelter,. Decontamination and Treatment, The law as it relates to Wapons, Protection of United Nations Forces and Humanitarian Organizations from the Effects of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices and the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti – personnel Mines and on their Destruction (the Ottawa treaty)