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@article{180747,
        author = {Sreshtha Roy Chowdhury},
        title = {Bio Terrorism and International Law: Revisiting the Biological Weapons Convention Post-Covid.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {1},
        pages = {2276-2281},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=180747},
        abstract = {The COVID-19 pandemic brought out several global vulnerabilities in various areas of biosecurity and brought out major concerns in the area of biological warfare and bioterrorism. This article will re-examine various Biological Weapons Conventions (BWCs) from the perspective of COVID-19 and present arguments that the current legal architecture lacks the necessary enforcement and verification mechanisms, which are crucial to address the emergence of other bio-threats. With the help of international legal instruments, policy analyses, and case studies, this article will further analyze the key structural weaknesses in the BWC and provide appropriate solutions in the form of policy-oriented reforms and proposals. Thus, this article concludes that without urgent modernization, the BWC may become ineffective in addressing the increasing complexity of biosecurity, risk-amplified synthetic biology, and geopolitical tensions.},
        keywords = {Biological Weapons Convention, bio-terrorism, international law, COVID-19, biosecurity, verification protocol, synthetic biology},
        month = {June},
        }