Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

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Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons is an international agreement that regulates, but does not comprehensively ban, the use of landmines and similar devices in armed conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement ⓘ
protocol ⓘ
addresses risks posed by unexploded landmines after conflicts ⓘ
aimsTo limit humanitarian impact of landmines ⓘ
protect civilians from landmine use ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices ⓘ
appliesIn international armed conflicts ⓘ
non-international armed conflicts ⓘ
basedOn principles of distinction and proportionality in armed conflict ⓘ
complements other protocols of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
contains rules on fencing minefields ⓘ
rules on marking minefields ⓘ
rules on monitoring minefields ⓘ
rules on recording locations of minefields ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Treaty
doesNotComprehensivelyBan landmines ⓘ
encourages measures to minimize civilian casualties from landmines ⓘ
field international humanitarian law ⓘ
imposesObligationsOn States Parties ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
other official UN languages ⓘ
legalNature legally binding instrument for States Parties ⓘ
linkedTo United Nations disarmament framework ⓘ
objective reduce long-term dangers of landmines after conflicts end ⓘ
partOf Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
prohibits indiscriminate use of landmines ⓘ
use of certain types of booby traps ⓘ
regulates use of booby traps in armed conflict ⓘ
use of landmines in armed conflict ⓘ
use of other devices in armed conflict ⓘ
relatedTo Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa Treaty
requires precautions in the use of landmines ⓘ
removal or neutralization of mines after active hostilities ⓘ
respect for civilian protection norms in mine warfare ⓘ
scope regulation of use rather than total prohibition of landmines ⓘ
shortName Protocol II ⓘ
subject booby traps ⓘ
landmines ⓘ
other devices similar to landmines ⓘ
typeOfRegulation prohibitions and restrictions on use of mines, booby traps and other devices ⓘ

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Ottawa Treaty → relatedTo → Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention → relatedTo → Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
linked to: Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → hasProtocol → Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
linked to: Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → hasAmendedVersion → Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
linked to: Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → alsoKnownAs → Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices ⓘ
linked to: Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons