The Usage of Illegal Weapons Post World War II
Moses Clarke
Co-Presenters: Individual Presentation
College: College of Business and Public Management
Major: Criminal Justice
Faculty Research Mentor: Sarah Coykendall
Abstract:
Throughout history, human beings have created and used weapons against one another. Weaponry has evolved over generations and surpassed previous destructive powers. The Twentieth Century witnessed the creation and usage of weapons of mass destruction, beginning with sarin and mustard gas in World War I and the atomic bomb in World War II. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights established regulations to limit the creation of such deadly tools to mixed effects. This research will discuss the usage of illegal weaponry since World War II, the effectiveness of the UDHR guidelines, and the impact on people and countries that have been directly affected by these weapons. The Matsumoto Sarin attacks and the Tokyo Subway Sarin attacks were two of many examples where the UDHR guidelines were violated, these attacks showed the world that these weapons were in the world and their impact was still just as massive as they were in the past.