Download or read book Putting the Impact of Cluster Munitions in Context with the Effects of All Explosive Remnants of War written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Convention on Cluster Munitions written by Gro Nystuen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a commentary on the legislation around the use of cluster munitions in warfare.--

Download or read book Cluster Munitions and International Law written by Alexander Breitegger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive argument for why pre-existing international law on cluster munitions was inadequate to deal with the full scope of humanitarian consequences associated with their use. The book undertakes an interdisciplinary legal analysis of restraints and prohibitions on the use of cluster munitions under international humanitarian law, human rights law, and international criminal law, as well as in relation to the recently adopted Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). The book goes on to offer an in-depth substantive and procedural analysis of the negotiations which led to the 2008 CCM, in part based on the author’s experiences as an adviser to Cluster Munitions Coalition-Austria. Cluster Munitions and International Law is essential reading for practitioners and scholars of International Law, including International Humanitarian, Human Rights, International Criminal or Disarmament Law and anyone interested in legal and humanitarian perspectives on cluster munitions legislation and policy. It is unique in bringing a practitioner’s perspective to a scholarly work.

Download or read book Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR written by Rosy Cave and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Banning Cluster Munitions Government Policy and Practice written by and published by Monitor. This book was released on 2009 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Long and Winding Road Towards an Instrument on Cluster Munitions written by Nout van Woudenberg and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cluster munition has been used for some decades. The issue of how to keep the cluster munition problem manageable has also been debated for a long time. At present, the establishment of an international instrument on cluster munitions is being discussed in two fora, namely in the context of the Conventional Weapons Convention and in what is known as the Oslo Process . These discussions, which have intensified following the use of cluster munitions by Israel in southern Lebanon in the summer of 2006, are driven by the impact such munitions can have on the civilian population. Whereas formerly the debate tended to focus on the general problem of the explosive remnants of war (ERW) and current international humanitarian law was fairly generally regarded as adequate, the calls for an instrument specifically designed to deal with the issue of cluster munitions have suddenly become much more insistent since 2006. The article considers various questions. For example, how can the problem of cluster munitions be defined in a nutshell? What are cluster munitions? Is current international humanitarian law inadequate? How are the discussions on ERW in general and cluster munitions in particular being pursued? And why is an international legal instrument now being discussed in two fora? In short, the article is about a long and winding road towards an instrument on cluster munitions, or perhaps two instruments.

Download or read book Convention on Cluster Munitions written by Various Authors and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty that forbids the use, transfer, production, and accumulation of cluster bombs, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunition over an area. In addition, it establishes a framework to sustain victim assistance, clearance of contaminated sites, risk reduction education, and stockpile demolition. This convention was adopted on 30 May 2008 in Dublin and entered into force on 1 August 2010.

Download or read book Explosive Remnants of War written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and published by Taylor & Francis Group. This book was released on 1985 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Creating Consensus written by Geetanjali Mukherjee and published by Dreamcatcher Books. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the events leading up to the cluster munitions ban and the provisions of the treaty, and assesses the progress made towards a world without the presence of cluster munitions. Cluster bombs are weapons that are small but deadly. They often look like small metal canisters, and some of them are painted, giving them the innocuous appearance of a soda can. The unexploded submunitions that are scattered on the ground, in effect, act as landmines, that can kill or severely injure anyone who comes across them, sometimes even years and decades later. It has been reported that 98% of all casualties of cluster munitions are civilians, of which one-third are children. Cluster munitions have been used in numerous conflicts since the Second World War, and it has been estimated that at least 1 billion submunitions were stockpiled globally. For decades, humanitarian organizations sought to limit the use of these weapons, but international consensus on the issue was hard to come by. The campaign to ban cluster munitions faced a monumental and nearly impossible task – to convince governments to agree to stop using a valuable weapon in their arsenals that they stockpiled by the hundreds of thousands, in a political climate where the interests of national security and state sovereignty outweighed humanitarian concerns in almost every instance. However, where many international agreements failed and diplomatic processes stalled, the campaign to ban cluster munitions succeeded. Despite strong opposition from many countries, 107 countries met in Dublin in May 2008 to negotiate and adopt a treaty prohibiting the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions. The outcome of the Oslo Process was a ray of hope among the usual cynicism and disenchantment of similar international processes. This book explores this question: how was this accomplished, and are there any wider lessons to be learned from it?

Download or read book Negotiating the Convention on Cluster Munitions written by Gugu Dube and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 30 May 2008, 107 governments participating in a Dublin Diplomatic Conference formally adopted the text of a new Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Signed in Oslo on 3-4 December 2008, it will enter into force six months after being ratified by a minimum of 30 governments. This culminates what has become known as the Oslo Process, a procedure similar to the Ottawa Process which resulted in the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. The new convention completely bans production of cluster munitions, and requires destruction of cluster munitions stockpiles that do not meet criteria designed to avoid explosive remnants of war, to significantly reduce the possibility of indiscriminate effects. It contains provisions on victim assistance, clearance, transparency and international cooperation. Stipulations on humanitarian assistance for victims and affected communities, and obligation of affected countries and donors to clear contaminated land, go beyond what was agreed in the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. It builds upon the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that came into force on 3 May 2008. This paper describes the technical aspects of cluster munitions and the humanitarian impact resulting from their use. It focuses on Africa in particular and describes the continent's participation in the Oslo Process. In its conclusion, the paper provides a critical assessment of Africa's role in what has been called a new chapter in international arms control and disarmament efforts.

Download or read book Cluster Bombs and Other Explosive Remnants of War written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout 2002 there was a series of discussions in Geneva in the context of the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) on addressing weapons and weapons systems that lead to ERW. [...] Discussion A number of questions were raised about the extent of cluster bomb use, their legality, and the role of EU institutions in providing a solution. [...] Regarding the use of cluster bomb weapons it was stated that a large stock of these weapons remain in existence as they were developed in the 1960s, and therefore the proliferation of these and other problematic weapon systems was a concern. [...] A contrast was made between cluster bombs and incendiary, footprint and large blast weapons in general, and it was stated that a discussion would take place in the International Criminal Court regarding the use of such weapons in the future. [...] Regarding the role of institutions it was recommended that the European Parliament should be debating the wider problem of explosive remnants of war and focusing on the EU's political role in negotiations.

Download or read book A Guide to Cluster Munitions written by Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Disarmament as Humanitarian Action written by John Borrie and published by UN. This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In post-conflict situations, the success of humanitarian efforts is closely linked to the effectiveness of multilateral disarmament efforts, and both would benefit from a greater understanding of human security issues. This publication sets out case studies of humanitarian approaches that have had, or could have, a positive impact on disarmament processes. Cases studies included cover negotiations on anti-personnel mines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and small arms, as well as emerging issues relating to gender and human security.

Download or read book Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2008 written by Elizabeth Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published by Oxford University Press and the International Law Institute, and prepared by the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State, the Digest of United States Practice in International Law presents an annual compilation of documents and commentary highlighting significant developments in public and private international law, and is an invaluable resource for practitioners and scholars in the field. Each year's volume compiles excerpts from documents such as treaties, diplomatic notes and correspondence, legal opinion letters, judicial decisions, Senate committee reports and press releases. Each document is selected by members of the Legal Adviser's Office of the U.S. Department of State, based on their judgments about the significance of the issues, their potential relevance to future situations, and their likely interest to scholars and practitioners. In almost every case, the commentary to each excerpt is accompanied by a citation to the full text. Featured in the 2008 Digest are excerpts from and discussion of numerous documents relating to issues of current interest, including the following: * Department of Justice position on trial and conviction within the U.S. of the son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, for torture (Chapter 3, "International Criminal Law"). * The U.S.-Libya Claims Settlement Agreement, including the Libyan Claims Resolution Act (enacted August 4, 2008) (Chapter 8, "International Claims and State Responsibility"). * Recognition of Kosovo as a sovereign state and establishment of diplomatic relations with Kosovo (Chapter 9, "Diplomatic Relations, Succession, and Continuity of States"). * Decisions in arbitration regarding the softwood lumber dispute with Canada (Chapter 11, "Trade, Commercial Relations, Investment, and Transportation"). * Statements and speeches of U.S. officials on climate change made at international climate change conferences (Chapter 13, "Environment and Other Transnational Scientific Issues"). * Executive Orders imposing sanctions on Burma, Syria, and Zimbabwe (Chapter 16, "Sanctions"). * U.S. positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as peace efforts in Lebanon, Somalia, and Sudan (Chapter 17, "International Conflict Resolution and Avoidance"). * U.S. statements on the Russia-Georgia conflict and other instances of international armed conflict (Chapter 18, "Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nonproliferation"). * U.S. positions on discussions of a possible Protocol to the Convention on Conventional Weapons relating to cluster munitions, and U.S. opposition to a separate Convention on Cluster Munitions (Chapter 18, "Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nonproliferation"). * U.S. federal court decisions on current and former Guantanamo detainees (Boumediene v. Bush, Parhat v. Gates, Gates v. Bismullah, Rasul v. Myers, and In re Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation (pertaining to enemy combatant status of Uighur detainees)), military commissions (United States v. Hamdan), detainees held in the United States (Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli), and detainees held by the Multinational Force in Iraq (Munaf v. Geren) (Chapter 18, "Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nonproliferation"). * UN Security Council Resolution and U.S. position on piracy in Somalia (Chapter 18, "Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nonproliferation"). * U.S. positions on nuclear nonproliferation-related issues, including issues relating to North Korea, Iran, Syria, Russia, and India (Chapter 18, "Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nonproliferation").

Download or read book The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law written by Michael Bothe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this work sets out a comprehensive and analytical manual of international humanitarian law, accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.

Download or read book Warfare in a Fragile World written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Among the crucial problems that confront mankind today are those associated with a degraded environment. This book examines the extent to which warfare and other military activities contribute to such degradation. The military capability to damage the environment and to cause ecological disruption has escalated, and there is no sign that the level of conflict in the world is decreasing. The military use and abuse of each of the several major global habitats -- temperate, tropical, desert, arctic, insular, and oceanic -- are evalusated separately in the light of the civil use and abuse of that habitat"--Dust jacket.