Treaties on Biological weapons

Geneva Protocol

The full title of this protocol is: ‘Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare’.

Opened for signature: 1925
Entered into Force: 1928 and for each country as it signs

As of November 2010, 137 states have ratified, acceded to, or succeeded to the treaty

Biological Weapons Convention

Opened for signature: 1972
Entered into Force: 1975
No of countries ratified: 163