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.

Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties

Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties
Author: Stuart Maslen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Arms control
ISBN: 9780199296798

An overview of the principles of treaty interpretation is provided for non-specialists, and extensive source material, including the various drafts of the Convention, are included as appendixes.

Unoda Occasional Papers

Unoda Occasional Papers
Author: United Nations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-01-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211391763

This publication describes the achievements and shortfalls of the first twenty years of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, which entered into force on 1 March 1999. Published with the aim of bringing together diverse perspectives on this key instrument of humanitarian disarmament, the paper was written by pioneers and luminaries of the movement that helped achieve the Convention and that committed themselves towards realizing the Convention's full implementation. Each chapter contains discussions of an element 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: 2023-10-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192882643

In September 1997, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) was adopted by UN Member States at a dedicated diplomatic conference in Oslo. A disarmament treaty with clear and expansive humanitarian aims, the APMBC represented the culmination of many years of energetic campaigning. The Convention has since garnered the support of over 160 States Parties, yet some of its core provisions remain under scrutiny. Stuart Casey-Maslen's article-by-article commentary on the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention addresses international law and State practice on anti-personnel mines in the first twenty-five years of the lifetime of this disarmament treaty. It builds upon the author's first commentary on the Convention, published by Oxford University Press in 2003, and the revised edition issued in 2005. Whereas the two earlier editions focused on the negotiating history of the APMBC, this new edition provides insight into State and treaty practice up to now. It comprehensively details the use of anti-personnel mines through to the present day, the destruction of landmine stockpiles, and mine clearance in every affected nation. An authoritative and current commentary on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, this new edition will be a crucial asset for diplomats, international lawyers, and academics seeking to interpret this instrumental piece of disarmament law.