GENETIC WEAPONS: POSSIBILITY AND REALITY

Author(s): Kuvyrchenkova T.V., Cherevko V.V.

Rubric: Content, problems and trends in the development of public law

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2023-2-19-23

Release: 2023-2 (38)

Pages: 19-23

Keywords: genetic (gene) weapons, weapons of mass destruction, ethnic weapons, bioterrorism

Annotation: International norms contain a ban on the development, production and use of various types of weapons of mass destruction. The intensive development of new technologies suggests the possibility of creating super-new types of weapons, such as bacteriological and genetic weapons as its variety. The purpose of the study is to determine the relevance of fixing a ban on the development, production, use and storage of genetic weapons by separate legal norms (international, regional, national). The authors studied the possibilities of modern genomic research (the experience of the Russian Federation and the United States in this area were considered separately), analyzed the potential use of bacteriological weapons, characterizes bioterrorism, and determines ways to combat this crime using the funds of international organizations. During the study formal-legal, comparative-legal research methods were used. On the basis of scientific analysis the conclusion has been made that there are threats to the development, production and use of genetic (ethnic) weapons, since they are of a closed nature, but at the present time there is no possibility of creating this type of weapon. It has been summarized that the inexpediency of adopting separate legal norms prohibiting the development, production, use and storage of genetic weapons.

Bibliography: Kuvyrchenkova T.V., Cherevko V.V. GENETIC WEAPONS: POSSIBILITY AND REALITY // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2023. – № 2 (38). – С. 19-23. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2023-2-19-23