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The 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, adopted in Geneva on 17 June 1925, builds on earlier instruments prohibiting the use of poisonous or asphyxiating gases, including the 1899 Hague Declaration (IV, 2) concerning asphyxiating gases.
The Geneva Gas Protocol entered into force on 8 February 1928. It prohibits 'the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids materials or devices' as well as 'the use of bacteriological methods of warfare'.The English and the French versions of the Protocol are equally authentic, but their wording differs slightly. The French version of the Protocol prohibits 'l'emploi à la guerre de gaz asphyxiants, toxiques ou similaires, ainsi que de tous liquides, matières ou procédés analogues', as well as '[l]'emploi aux moyens de guerre bactériologiques'.
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Last updated on: 19 April 2017