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THE ‘LONG YEAR’: EMERGING INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS, 2006-2007

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 February 2009

John Borrie
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Cluster munitions are a class of weapon originating from the Second World War, and concerns about the hazards they pose to civilians, both at time of use and post-conflict, have been raised since the 1960s. However, attempts to specifically address the humanitarian impacts of cluster munitions through international legal means gained little traction until a turning-point period from late 2006 to the end of 2007. Remarkably, by the end of this period not one – but two – multilateral negotiating processes were underway to develop international legally binding arrangements on cluster munitions.

Keywords

cluster MunitionsUN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons1980 UN ConventionCCWInhumane Weapons ConventionLebanonOslo ProcessICRC meeting of experts
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Current Developments
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Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law , Volume 10 , December 2007 , pp. 251 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the Authors 2007

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