Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

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United Nations treaty amended protocol arms control treaty international treaty protocol to an international treaty

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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Label	Occurrences
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons canonical	3

Statements (47)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalScope	global ⓘ
hasAmendedVersion	Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtocol	Protocol I to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ Protocol III to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ Protocol IV to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ Protocol V to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedUnderAuspicesOf	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1981-04-10 ⓘ
shortName	CCW NERFINISHED ⓘ Inhumane Weapons Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ