Anti-personnel Mines Under Humanitarian Law: A View from the Vanishing Point

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Intersentia nv, 2001 - 327 pàgines
In the 1990s, as the world was alerted to the scale of the threat to civilians from anti-personnel mines, calls for international humanitarian law to outlaw their use intensified. These culminated in the adoption, signature and entry into force of the (Ottawa) Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines. Yet some of the biggest producers and users of the weapons remain outside the Convention, arguing that anti-personnel mines are needed until suitable, more humane alternatives can be developed. Others assert that a weapon in widespread circulation will always be used in the heat of battle, international law notwithstanding. Anti-Personnel Mines under Humanitarian Law, A View from the Vanishing Point considers in depth the various customary and conventional legal regimes applicable to the use of anti-personnel mines. It assesses how successfully humanitarian law - the "vanishing point" of international law - has managed to reduce the threat to civilians from anti-personnel mines, and identifies lessons for the future regulation of other conventional weaponry.
 

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12
4
31
iii BoobyTraps
40
Entry into Force of the Protocol
46
iv The Indiscriminate Use of AntiPersonnel Mines
60
F Prohibitions and Restrictions on the Transfer
66
i The Annual Conferences of States Parties
72
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79
Ottawa Process
175
Mines
186
Conscience
232
Concluding Remarks
238
Explosive Projectiles
268
Submarine Contact Mines
274
Restrictions on the Use of Mines BoobyTraps and Other
292
Prohibition of AntiPersonnel Mines
318

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88
B AntiVehicle Mines
98
E Other Weapons
104
Acknowledgements
325
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