Chemical Weapons Convention Negotiators and Experts, Amici Curiae
Donald Francis Donovan, Counsel of Record
The parties to this brief are 10 experts in the field of chemical weapons, including four who were direct participants in the negotiations leading to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Donald Francis Donovan is a partner with the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, where he specializes in litigation and international dispute resolution. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 16, 2013. The Chemical Weapons Convention established a comprehensive prohibition on the use, development, production, stockpiling, acquisition, and transfer of chemical weapons, in peacetime and in war,…
