Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance Established
The Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance, based at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, was inaugurated in February 2005 on the initiative of Foreign Affairs Canada and Carleton University. Dr. Trevor Findlay, formerly of the London-based Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), is director.
The centre conducts policy-oriented research into the theory and practice of compliance in respect of international treaties, resolutions, agreements and arrangements. Its initial focus is on treaties and agreements that deal in particular with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. It pays particular attention to the technical and other means by which compliance is monitored and verified and the effectiveness and efficiency of institutional arrangements for encouraging, facilitating, inducing and enforcing compliance. The centre will publish its work in the new research report series, Compliance Chronicles, which will be released in December 2005 and made available online. In addition to its research and publications, the centre also holds workshops and conferences, engages in various outreach activities and contributes to teaching and other scholarly endeavours at Carleton University and elsewhere.
Funding for the Centre is provided by the Markland Group (Lancaster, Ontario, Canada), Foreign Affairs Canada and Carleton University. Project funding has been received from the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Government of New Zealand.
For more information, please visit www.carleton.ca/npsia/research_centres/cctc_welcome.htm .
