Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, with Annexed Protocols (CCW)
Convention sur l'interdiction ou la limitation de l'emploi de certaines armes classiques qui peuvent être considérées comme produisant des effets traumatiques excessifs ou comme frappant sans discrimination, et protocoles annexes
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Founded
1980-10-10 Geneva Switzerland
History
Opened for signature 10 Apr 1981. Annexed Protocols (3): Protocol on non-detectable fragments (Protocol I); Protocol on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of mines, booby-traps and other devices (Protocol II); Protocol on incendiary weapons (Protocol III). Protocol prohibiting the use and transfer of blinding laser weapons (Protocol IV), adopted 1995. Protocol V on explosive remnants of war, adopted 2003.
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UIA Org ID
XT8075
Last News
2023
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