Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW or CCWC), concluded at Geneva on October 10, 1980, and entered into force in December 1983, seeks to prohibit or restrict the use of certain conventional weapons which are considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate. The full title is 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. The convention covers land mines, booby traps, incendiary devices, blinding laser weapons and clearance of explosive remnants of war.
| 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 | |||
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Participation in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
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| Type | Arms control | ||
| Drafted | 10 October 1980 | ||
| Signed | 10 April 1981 | ||
| Location | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Effective | 2 December 1983 | ||
| Original signatories | 50 States | ||
| Parties | 127 Complete List | ||
| Depositary | UN Secretary-General | ||
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