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Second Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2010

Louis Maresca
Louis Maresca
Affiliation:
Legal Adviser at the ICRC Legal Division
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 84 , Issue 845: Impunité/Impunity , March 2002 , pp. 255 - 262
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2002

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References

1 The full title is the 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. It was adopted in 1980 and entered into force in 1983. At 1 January 2002, there were 88 States Parties. The first Review Conference was held in 1995 and 1996.

2 Preparatory meetings were held in Geneva on 14 December 2000, 2–6 April 2001 and 24–28 September 2001 . An informal preparatory session also took place on 27–31 August 2001.

3 Further information on explosive remnants of war, the need for legal reviews of new weapons and the papers submitted and statements made by the ICRC during the Review Conference can be found on the ICRC website (<http://www.icrc.org>).

4 The GGE will meet in Geneva 20–24 May, 8–19 July or 22 July-2 August and 2–10 December 2002 .

5 See “Ensuring respect for the 1868 St Petersburg Declaration prohibiting the use of certain explosive projectiles”, Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross submitted to the Third Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Second Review Conference of the CCW, 18 September 2001 . UN Doc. CCW/CONF.II/PC.3/WP.6.