Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties: The convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction

Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties: The convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction
Author: Stuart Maslen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This commentary is a detailed guide to the interpretation of the 1997 Convention banning Anti-Personnel Mines, which was adopted after a worldwide campaign to ban landmines made famous by the late Princess Diana. It includes a description of the development of anti-personnel mines, their military utility, and the negotiating history of the Convention.

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Author: Stuart Casey-Maslen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2024-01-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192882635

This updated commentary on the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention addresses international law and State practice on anti-personnel mines under the treaty. It describes the use of anti-personnel mines through to the present day, the destruction of landmine stockpiles, and mine clearance in every affected nation.