International Agreements
Successful and effective international agreements are the ones that are environmentally efficient, lucrative, include distributional thoughtfulness and impartiality, and have institutional feasibility. As far as international agreements related to chemical weapons demolition are concerned, their effectiveness depends on a number of factors. Firstly, they must specify clear goals as an important element of the agreement. It is necessary as goal-setting is useful in commitment structuring as well as in the creation of relevant institutions. The international agreements such as CWC are influential as they have provided the participants with the motivation to encourage action. Agreements involving global partners are effective as they are also useful for the criteria establishment for the measurement of success (”IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007”).
International laws are enforced by using the mechanisms of shaming, collective action, and reciprocity. Reciprocal reactions encourage the participant states to think twice about any offensive actions that may be imposed on them as a reaction. Similarly, if a state does not follow a signed international agreement such as one pertaining to chemical weapons usage, other states may take collective action against that state to attain a penalizing outcome. Lastly, the ‘name and shame approach’ (shaming) is used as an enforcement mechanism so that states could follow the international agreements to steer away from negative publicity. However, it is recommended to enforce positive enforcement mechanisms such as bureaucracy, dispute resolution, and transparency. Mechanisms that are enforced positively encourage observance of agreements in a positive manner. The processes must be transparent whereby every contractor has access to basic information. Similarly, bureaucratic influence also encourages compliance with agreements. Finally, dispute resolution helps in the clarification of many misunderstandings and eventually paves the way for problem resolution (Schaffer, Earle & Agusti, 1999).
References
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. (n.d.). IPCC. Retrieved October 12, 2014, from http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg3/en/tssts-ts-13-4-international-agreements.html
Schaffer, R., Earle, B., & Agusti, F. (1999). International Business Law and Its Environment (4th ed.). Cincinnati, Ohio: West Educational Pub. Co..
