Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

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The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is an international treaty that restricts or bans the use of specific types of conventional arms deemed to cause unnecessary suffering or to have indiscriminate effects in armed conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
amended protocol ⓘ
arms control treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
protocol to an international treaty ⓘ
adoptedOn 1980-10-10 ⓘ
aimsTo limit weapons with indiscriminate effects ⓘ
prohibit or restrict the use of certain conventional weapons ⓘ
reduce unnecessary suffering in armed conflict ⓘ
alsoRegulates blinding laser weapons ⓘ
booby traps ⓘ
explosive remnants of war ⓘ
incendiary weapons ⓘ
landmines ⓘ
appliesIn international armed conflict ⓘ
non-international armed conflict ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple prohibition of indiscriminate weapons ⓘ
prohibition of weapons causing superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering ⓘ
concludedAt Geneva ⓘ
depository Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1983-12-02 ⓘ
fullName 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 ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
hasAmendedVersion Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
hasProtocol Protocol I to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Protocol III to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Protocol IV to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Protocol V to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedUnderAuspicesOf United Nations ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn 1981-04-10 ⓘ
shortName CCW ⓘ
Inhumane Weapons Convention ⓘ
subject arms control ⓘ
blinding laser weapons ⓘ
explosive remnants of war ⓘ
incendiary weapons ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
law of armed conflict ⓘ
mines, booby-traps and other devices ⓘ
non-detectable fragments ⓘ

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United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs → supportsTreaty → Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Ottawa Treaty → relatedTo → Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Convention on Cluster Munitions → relatedTo → Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → fullName → 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 ⓘ
linked to: Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → shortName → Inhumane Weapons Convention ⓘ
linked to: Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons