On 20 August 2025, VERTIC will host two separate side-events at the Sixth Session of the Working Group on the strengthening of the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention in Geneva, Switzerland. Both side-events […] The post BWC Working Group Side Events: 20 August 2025 appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
From 9-11 July 2025, VERTIC’s NIM Programme held a Biosecurity Legal Frameworks Workshop supporting the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) with Indonesia. The workshop formed part of the […] The post VERTIC holds Biosecurity Legal Workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
Lead Articles Jean Pascal Zanders, A tale of two anniversaries and the future of biological weapons control Larry MacFaul, Approaching 40 years of support for the Biological Weapons Convention Verification […] The post Trust & Verify no. 176, Summer 2025 appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
On June 19th and 20th, VERTIC’s Verification & Monitoring Programme hosted a workshop with King’s College London to validate findings from an ongoing project on BWC compliance monitoring approaches. This […] The post VM hosts workshop on BWC compliance monitoring approaches appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
VERTIC’s Larry MacFaul, Alberto Muti and Hailey Wingo attended the launch of the Nicholas A. Sims Archive on Biological Disarmament on 16 May 2025 at King’s College London to celebrate […] The post VERTIC staff attend launch of the Nicholas A. Sims Archive on Biological Disarmament appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
VERTIC has located a facility that is likely associated with China’s nuclear weapon programme, which was not previously precisely located in open sources. We identified this facility during a collaborative […] The post Complex Near Mianyang Likely Associated with China’s Nuclear Weapons Programme appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
Funded by the European Union NIM Co-Programme Directors Thomas Brown and Angela Woodward participated in the Closing Conference in the framework European Union Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Mitigation […] The post NIM staff attend P81 closing conference appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
From 28 – 29 January 2025, VERTIC, in collaboration with the African Nuclear Disarmament Verification Hub and the Radiation and Health Physics Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand hosted […] The post VERTIC hosts seminar on the impact of the current global situation on prospects for nuclear disarmament and verification appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
Funded by the European Union NIM Senior Legal Officer Thomas Brown and Legal Officer Eliza Walsh held a workshop on biosecurity legal frameworks for members of the NACW in Phnom […] The post NIM hold EU CBRN CoE Project 81 Workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC
VERTIC congratulates Deputy Executive Director Angela Woodward on her appointment to the New Zealand Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control (PACDAC). The committee advises the Minister of Foreign […] The post Deputy Executive Director Angela Woodward appointed to the New Zealand Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control appeared first on VERTIC.| VERTIC