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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Cluster munitions"”.
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Understanding international efforts to address the humanitarian impacts of cluster munitions, 2003-08.
… culminating in adoption of a Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) banning these weapons in May 2008. It is based on systematic analysis of official documents, extensive interviews, participant-observation, and several bodies of international relations (IR) theory. Part I explains the …
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Controlling the circulation of small arms in international law
… Petersburg Declaration to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions shows the increasing reference to principles of humanitarian law and human rights law. Their influence is also evident in the regional and sub-regional instruments. The recent adoption of the Mine Ban Convention and the Convention …
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Explosive remnants of war: a case study of explosive ordnance disposal in Laos, 1974-2013
… Remnants of War (ERW) and the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CMC). In nine years from 1964-1973 the U.S.A. dropped 260 million cluster bomb submunitions on Laos. It is estimated that 30 percent of the cluster munitions failed to detonate. It is not known exactly where they were dropped and …
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From the Humanitarian Impact Initiative to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: A Novel Approach to Nuclear Disarmament
… anti-personnel landmines) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions have demonstrated that perceptions and norms change over time as more states ratify the relevant treaties.</p>
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An analysis of the choice and use of weapons by Russia and Georgia in the 2008 South Ossetia conflict
… Ossetia will be analysed. Due to the fact that cluster munitions were used by both parties, and that they are a controversial weapon with regard the principles regulating the use and choice of weapons, section I of this dissertation will focus on them and their regulation in international law. …