Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

A Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is an United Nations convention which seeks to prohibit or restrict the use of certain conventional weapons which are considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate.

• See: Explosive Remnants of War, Landmines, Booby Traps, Incendiary Weapons, Laser Weapons, Lethal Autonomous Weapon.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons Retrieved:2017-4-26.
  • The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW or CCWC), concluded at Geneva on October 10, 1980, and entered into force in December 1983, seeks to prohibit or restrict the use of certain conventional weapons which are considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate. The full title is 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. The convention covers landmines, booby traps, incendiary weapons, blinding laser weapons and clearance of explosive remnants of war.

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