Systems for implementation review (SIRs) are international or regional institutions and mechanisms through which parties to a multilateral agreement share information on implementation, compare their implementation activities, review one another’s performance, learn from implementation experience, address noncompliance or poor compliance, and, where useful, adjust their commitments. They complement specific verification measures where these exist, and can help address problems of poor compliance where they do not. Experience, particularly from environmental regimes, shows that SIRs can be used to make a significant difference to the implementation and effectiveness of complex multilateral agreements. The main question addressed in this chapter is whether and how the further development and use of SIRs can improve the dynamism and effectiveness of existing and emerging multilateral arms control and disarmament regimes. This chapter argues that greater attention to developing and using SIRs in multilateral arms control regimes could make a difference, briefly illustrating this argument with reference to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and humanitarian arms control agreements, as well as initiatives to promote international cooperation on the peaceful uses of outer space and to address the use of cyberweapons.
Bibliographische Angaben
Greene, O. (2026). Systems for Implementation Review. In: Göttsche, M., Jakob, U., & Schörnig, N. (Eds.). Verification in an Era of Rapid Technological Change. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2026. PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
Autor
Prof. Dr. Owen Greene
