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 Home > Humanitarian law > Weapons > Landmines News Section Landmines and international humanitarian law
Although the use of landmines is restricted by the general principles of international humanitarian law and more specifically by the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, these weapons continue to pose a threat to individuals and communities worldwide.
Eighth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Convention
, Dead Sea, Jordan, 18 – 22 November 2007
In response to the humanitarian crisis caused by anti-personnel mines, the international community supported a ban on these weapons. Related sections NB. Other documents, particularly those concerning the preparatory work for the Mine Ban Convention , are available in this site's archives. You can find them by using the "advanced search" : select "Landmines" and a "before" date (for example "before 01-01-1998").  Key document31-3-2004 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional WeaponsFact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the national implementation of the norms contained in this particular instrument of international humanitarian law. (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Fact sheets) Fact Sheet Includes PDF 31-1-2003 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their DestructionFact sheet describing the obligations of States regarding the national implementation of the norms contained in this particular instrument of international humanitarian law. (Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Fact sheets) Fact Sheet Includes PDF 30-10-1999 Strategy of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Landminesadopted at the Council of Delegates - October 29-30, 1999 (Resolution 10) (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) Treaties and States party3-9-2008 Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II to the 1980 Convention as amended on 3 May 1996)Link to the IHL Treaty database (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) 3-9-2008 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997 (Mine Ban Convention)Link to the IHL Treaty database (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) 3-9-2008 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, Geneva, 10 October 1980Link to the IHL Treaty database (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) 3-9-2008 Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II), Geneva, 10 October 1980Link to the IHL Treaty database (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) Atlas13-11-2007 Map: States parties and signatories to the Mine Ban Convention States parties and signatories to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. (Focus\Landmines) Atlas Includes Photo ICRC Publication20-8-2004 Ending the landmine era: achievements and challengesThis leaflet provides an essential overview of the achievements and challenges of the Ottawa Convention to date and includes a time-line detailing the progess made by the international community so far. As preparations are made for the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World in December 2004, this brochure also outines the steps that should now be taken to ensure that the anti-personnel mine epidemic is finally put to an end. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Publications\Humanitarian law) ICRC Publication Includes PDF 31-12-1997 Anti-personnel Landmines. Friend or foe ? A study of the military use and effectiveness of anti-personnel minesThis study examines the military case for continued use of anti-personnel landmines. Mines employed in conflicts since 1940, whether by professional armies, by insurgents or in counter-insurgency operations, have rarely been used in conformity with international law, and have little or no effect on the outcome of hostilities. These conclusions were unanimously endorsed by senior military commanders from various countries at a meeting on the subject held in Geneva in February 1996. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Publications\Humanitarian law) ICRC publication Includes PDF International Review of the Red Cross31-12-1998 An international ban on anti-personnel mines: History and negotiation of the "Ottawa treaty"(Info resources\International Review\1998 - No. 325) International Review of the Red Cross Legal article20-12-2007 How Does It Stack Up? The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention at 10Link to an article published on the Arms control association website (Focus\Landmines) Legal article Official Statement29-11-2007 Ending the deadly legacy of warThe Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines (known as the Ottawa Convention) marks its tenth anniversary on 3 December 2007. While considerable progress has been made in the past decade towards eradicating these weapons worldwide, major challenges remain - not least addressing the lifelong needs of hundreds of thousands of mine victims. Moreover, landmines are not the only type of weapon that go on killing after conflicts. Philip Spoerri, the ICRC's director of international law, explains. (Focus\Landmines) Official Statement 19-11-2007 Eighth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel minesEighth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, statement by Mr. Olivier Vodoz, vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dead Sea, Jordan 18 November 2007 (Focus\Landmines) Official Statement 19-10-2007 Tenth anniversary of the mine ban Convention - from mines to cluster munitionsMobilising to stop weapons which keep on killing. Notes from the presentation by Peter Herby, Head of the ICRC Arms Unit, Oslo, 18 September 2007 (Focus\Landmines) Official Statement 18-9-2006 Mine Ban Convention : Statement by the ICRCStatement on behalf of the President of the ICRC by Philip Spoerri, Director of International Law and Cooperation within the Movement. Seventh meeting of the States party to the Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and on their destruction, Geneva, 18 September 2006 (Focus\Landmines) Official Statement 1-11-2004 Engaging armed non-state actors in the effort to ban antipersonnel minesKeynote address by Jacques Forster, Vice-President of the ICRC, First Meeting of Signatories to Geneva Call's Deed of Commitment, October 31 – November 1 2004, Geneva, Switzerland. (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) Official Statement Press article31-3-2005 Progress towards a mine-free world December 2004, over 1,400 delegates, including heads of state, government ministers, Nobel Prize laureates and mine survivors, as well as representatives of the United Nations, non-governmental organizations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to assess the achievements to date and the challenges that remain on the road to a world free of anti-personnel mines – Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 1, 2005 (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) Press article Includes Photo 30-11-2004 A crucial summit in Nairobi: Let's end the era of antipersonnel mines This article by Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, was published by the International Herald Tribune on 30 November 2004 (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) Press article More in this section15-8-2007 Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel minesOverview of the convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines, also called the Ottawa Convention (Focus\Landmines) Includes Photo 9-2-2005 Nairobi action plan 2005-2009 - Ending the suffering caused by anti-personnel mines First Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines - The Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World, 29 November to 3 December 2004 (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Landmines) 22-8-2003 Model of Legislation for Common Law States to Implement the 1997 Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction(Humanitarian law\National implementation\Publications\Model laws) Includes PDF 23-5-2001 Information kit: Development of National Legislation to Implement the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-personnel MinesThe purpose of this information kit is to assist States in developing legislation to implement the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines. 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