The Encyclopedia is a project of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights launched on 2 December 2013. The Enyclopedia aims to provide accurate, up-to-date information on weapons, the effects of their use, and their regulation under public international law, in a format that is accessible to non-specialists.
+ Find out moreRCAs are defined under the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention as ‘any chemical not listed in a Schedule [an Annex to the Convention listing toxic chemicals], which can produce rapidly in humans sensory irritation or disabling physical effects which disappear within a short time following termination of exposure.’Art. 2(7), 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention.
Last updated on: 03 February 2014