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... treaties, including the 1980 UN Convention on certain conventional weapons, be ratified widely and implemented correctly. ... These weapons have always been considered normal conventional weapons and ...

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... prohibit the use of indiscriminate weapons, and also prohibit the use of weapons that are liable to cause excessive suffering. ... the 1980 Convention and of its Protocol 11; possible arms control ...

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

A similar provision in the 1980 Convention could indicate that legal advisers should give guidance on matters relating to the use ... use of weapons in an internal armed conflict on its territory, ...

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... because restrictions on the use of weapons are more difficult to control than their total prohibition. ... agents who interact to circumvent the regulations on the trade in such weapons.

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

Accordingly, these weapons are also used in different ways. The experts felt that there was a need to distinguish between conventional warfare, which is generally carried out in international armed ...

• 1994-04-30
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW __ 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the ... The Convention is comprised of a framework instrument and ...

• 2004-03-31
• Legal Fact Sheet

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

... mines (e.g. through the 1997 Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines [1 ] ), ... planned Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) [2 ] in December 2001.

• 2001-03-31
• Article
• by: Peter Herby, Anna R.Nuiten

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

... accession Adherence to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocols This paper is intended to ... Model A For States Parties to the 1980 Convention Model declaration of ...

• 2004-03-31
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law
      • Ratification kits

The Conference amended the framework Convention to make all existing ... I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, of new weapons, means or methods of warfare to ensure that they are in conformity ...

• 2001-12-21
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

... for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the body mandated with overseeing the Convention's implementation. ... to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on the occasion of the First Review ...

• 2003-04-29
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (First Review Conference) The Hague 28 April - 9 May 2003 Statement of the ... The very raison d’être of the Chemical Weapons Convention is to ...

• 2003-06-30
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

With the adoption of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention and the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, ... adherence to the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention; Second, ...

• 2006-12-11
• Statement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL in domestic law

Analysing the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and ... outlawed these weapons.” [1 ] This is the essence of the Convention.

• 1997-06-30
• Article
• by: Valentin A. Romanov

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

Detectability On the issue of detectability, it is clear that the ... This is the very time that the Convention's new restrictions are most needed but the present formulation undermines the entire ...

• 1996-01-01
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

The Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction ... Herby The Convention on the prohibition of the development, ...

• 1997-04-30
• Article
• by: Peter Herby

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

... Conference of the 1980 United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), [1 ] held in Geneva from 22 April to 3 May 1996, ... need for possible new Protocols on specific weapons.

• 1996-06-30
• Article
• by: Peter Herby

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication
      • United Nations

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons

Since Vienna, the number of States supporting the total prohibition of these weapons has nearly doubled to include 29 countries. ... of this weapon (in Article 2, paragraph 3 of the President's Text) ...

• 1996-04-22
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

... responsibilities involved in landmine use and the need for dramatic changes in their approach to these weapons. ... of these weapons has proceeded rapidly as State after State has reviewed the ...

• 1996-05-03
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

The Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is an important opportunity for the international ... the use of weapons which cause unnecessary suffering - a norm which ...

• 2001-12-11
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) (Protocol I) (Protocol IV) , adopted in 1980, ... The Convention is the primary instrument of international humanitarian law ...

• 2001-12-03
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Explosive remnants of war

... Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate ... the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use ...

• 1995-09-26
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Conventional weapons

2. This Protocol shall apply, in addition to situations referred to in Article I of this Convention, ... 4. Weapons to which this Article applies shall strictly comply with the standards and ...

• 1996-06-30
• Article

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons

... with the aim of reviewing the UN Weapons Convention, which regulates the use of anti-personnel mines. In October 1995, the 57 States party to the Convention agreed to incorporate a new Protocol ...

• 1996-04-22
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... attaches great importance to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CWC), the ultimate goal of which is to rid ... the 1949 Geneva Conventions to protect and assist victims of armed ...

• 2003-10-20
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons

Similarly, the ICRC supported the conclusion of the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the 1993 Chemical Weapons ... A generation after the signing of the Biological and Toxin Weapons ...

• 2003-08-27
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Chemical and biological weapons