Contents

pp vii-xvi

Foreword by Cornelio Sommaruga, President, International Committee of the Red Cross

pp xvii-xx

Foreword by Ambassador Jacob S. Selebi, South Africa

pp xxi-xxii

Foreword by Ambassador Johan Molander, Sweden

pp xxiii-xxviii

Introduction

pp 1-4

PART 1 - FROM PRINCIPLES TO RULES: REGULATING MINES UP TO THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

pp 5-6

1 - Historical background: the international law governing weapons

pp 7-14

2 - The ICRC's draft rules to protect civilian populations 1955–1956

pp 15-18

3 - Expert contributions to the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts 1973–1977

pp 19-89

4 - The United Nations 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, adopted 10 October 1980

pp 90-124

PART 2 - THE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS

pp 125-126

1 - Introduction

pp 127-128

2 - ICRC Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines (Montreux Symposium),Montreux, Switzerland, 21–23 April 1993

pp 129-256

3 - Mines: A Perverse Use of Technology, May 1993

pp 257-263

4 - The call of the ICRC for a global ban on anti-personnel mines, Geneva, Switzerland, 24 February 1994

pp 264-265

5 - Meetings of governmental experts to prepare the Review Conference, 1994–1995

pp 266-327

6 - ICRC Position Paper No. 1 – February 1995, Landmines and Blinding Weapons: From Expert Group to the Review Conference

pp 328-331

7 - United Nations General Assembly, 1994

pp 332-337

8 - Regional meetings in Africa, 1995

pp 338-348

9 - United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 1995

pp 349-351

10 - First Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, Vienna, Austria, 26 September–13 October 1995

pp 352-393

11 - ICRC Position Paper No. 2 – Landmine Negotiations: Impasse in Vienna Highlights Urgency of National and Regional Measures, November 1995

pp 394-398

12 - United Nations General Assembly, 1995

pp 399-403

13 - Launching of the International Media Campaign against Antipersonnel Landmines by the ICRC and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, Switzerland, 22 November 1995

pp 404-406

14 - The 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, 1995

pp 407-410

15 - Second Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, January 1996

pp 411-414

16 - Anti-personnel Landmines: Friend or Foe? A Study of the Military Use and Effectiveness of Anti-personnel Mines, commissioned by the ICRC, March 1996

pp 415-425

17 - Third Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the 1980 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, April–May 1996

pp 426-456

18 - ICRC Position Paper No. 3 – July 1996, Stopping the Landmines Epidemic: From Negotiation to Action

pp 457-463