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A new step forward in international law: Prohibitions or restrictions on the use of certain conventional weapons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

Yves Sandoz
Yves Sandoz*
Affiliation:
Department of Principles and Law, ICRC
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On 10 October 1980, the “United Nations Conference on Prohibitions or Restrictions of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects” ended with the adoption by consensus of the following instruments:

– Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons,

– 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 Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III).

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 21 , Issue 220 , February 1981 , pp. 3 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1981

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References

page 6 note 1 This expression covers all weapons not included in the category of “nuclear, biological or chemical” weapons.

page 10 note 1 In particular, Resolutions 2105 (XX), 2621 (XXV) and 3103 (XXVIII).