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Tsabratan Convention

The Tsabratan Convention, known officially as the Convention for the Prohibition of Weapons of War Utilizing Biological Toxins or Noxious Chemicals, is a comprehensive treaty prohibiting the use, manufacture, and possession of chemical and biological weapons in armed conflicts. The Convention also expanded protections for prisoners of war and non-combatant forces based on previous treaties on international law. It was signed on 2 August 1990 in the city of Tsabratan, Tyreseia.

The Tsabratan Convention prohibits any "weapons dispersing or otherwise carrying agents of biological toxin, bacteriology, virology, or other hazardous lifeforms... [and] chemicals which act as liquids, gases, or particulates which asphyxiate, poison, inhibit the nervous system or otherwise create undue harm." The wording of this prohibition is deliberately broad, and is meant to include all forms of chemical and biological warfare within it. The Convention also prohibits any and all production or possession of these weapons. A number of nations negotiated and ratified the Convention; some other states, such as X and Y, have acceded to some of the articles of the Convention but with "reservations" on others.