CONCERNING SOME ASPECTS OF THE LEGAL REGULATION OF THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF ARMED AGGRESSION

Abstract

Based on a comprehensive analysis, the article examines certain aspects of the legal regulation of the use of biological weapons in conditions of armed aggression. An analysis of the definition of biological weapons and weapons of mass destruction was carried out. Certain signs of biological weapons and weapons of mass destruction are outlined. The normative basis of this issue in the historical aspect and the issue of the development of biological weapons in the Soviet Union are considered. The provisions of the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of asphyxiating, poisonous or other similar gases and bacteriological weapons, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Accumulation of Stockpiles of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxic Weapons and Their Destruction, and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production of , accumulation, use of chemical weapons and their destruction. It is claimed that the Russian Federation already used weapons of mass destruction in a full-scale invasion. It was determined that the issue of production, distribution, use and storage of biological weapons has already been used by the Russian Federation and may be used in the future for the purpose of manipulation. The peculiarities of toxins, as agents of biological and chemical weapons at the same time, are considered separately. Some aspects of the activities of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Australian Group were analyzed. It was determined that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons also inspects chemical industry facilities, the activities of which are regulated by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, Use of Chemical Weapons, and on Their Destruction. Including enterprises located on the territory of Ukraine. According to the List of dual-use goods that can be used in the creation of bacteriological (biological) and toxic weapons, biological agents include more than 50 different agents, such as pathogens and toxins dangerous to animals and humans, viruses, bacteria, fungi, as well as genetically modified organisms and elements, dual-use biological equipment and related technologies.