ABSTRACT
Dislike of the use of chemical weapons during the First World War finally precipitated with their banning through the Geneva Protocol of 1925. During the Second World War, the horrendous attempts to exterminate chosen groups based on religion and ethnicity called for the Genocide Convention of 1948. State acquisition of nuclear weapons was a matter of esteem. The attacks by the USA on Japan in the name of Little Boy and Fat Man shook the entire world with its deadly impacts and laid the foundation for global agreements to ban the use of nuclear weapons. The Limited Test Ban Treaty was an effort to regulate nuclear competition between the USA and the Soviet Union by banning such explosions in air, water, and space. The Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty was the cornerstone for stopping nuclear weapon proliferation and was criticized for laying the foundations of nuclear weapons development in undeclared facilities. The comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty bans all such explosions whether for military or peaceful purposes. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons aims for total elimination. Witnessing the widespread damage and injury to civilians, to protect them, and to develop military doctrines, The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons was drafted by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction was a means to destroy both chemical weapons and their production facilities. The Biological Weapons Convention was an effort for controlling biological weapons by any means.
