Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD BY CORNELIO SOMMARUGA -- FOREWORD BY AMBASSADOR JACOB S. SELEBI -- FOREWORD BY AMBASSADOR JOHAN MOLANDER -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 From principles to rules: regulating mines up to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons -- 1 Historical background: the international law governing weapons -- The Declaration of St Petersburg 1868 -- The Brussels Declaration of 1874 -- The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 -- 1925 Geneva Protocol on Poisonous and Asphyxiating Gases -- 2 The ICRC's draft rules to protect civilian populations 1955-1956 -- Draft Rules for the Protection of the Civilian Population from the Dangers of Indiscriminate Warfare -- Article 10, sub-paragraph 3 -- Draft Rules for the Limitation of the Dangers Incurred by the Civilian Population in Time of War -- Art. 15 - Safety measures and devices -- Paragraph I. -- 3 Expert contributions to the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law… -- Weapons that may Cause Unnecessary Suffering or Have Indiscriminate Effects -- Report on the Work of the Experts -- CHAPTER I Existing legal prohibitions or limitations regarding the use of specific weapons -- 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- (a) Unnecessary suffering -- (b) Indiscriminate effects -- 2. MILITARY MANUALS AND REGULATIONS -- 3. IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION -- CHAPTER II Principal categories of weapon, and the questions of indiscriminateness and degrees of suffering or injury -- 1. THE PRINCIPAL CATEGORIES OF WEAPONS -- 2. MILITARY CLASSIFICATIONS OF WEAPONS AND THE QUESTION OF INDISCRIMINATENESS -- 3. PROBLEMS IN MEASURING DEGREES OF INJURY AND SUFFERING EXPERIENCED FROM WAR WOUNDS -- (a) Degree of pain from wounds -- (b) Probability of death -- (c) Degree of disability after injury.

CHAPTER V Time-delay weapons -- 1. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TIME-DELAY WEAPONS -- 2. MILITARY APPLICATIONS -- 3. MEDICAL EFFECTS -- 4. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CHAPTER -- FINAL REMARKS -- NOTES -- Conference of Government Experts on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons -- Report -- CHAPTER II Legal Criteria -- CHAPTER VI Delayed-Action and Treacherous Weapons -- VI.1 Definition and classification -- VI.2 Military aspects -- Time-fused weapons -- Naval mines -- Emplaced landmines -- Scatterable mines -- Booby-traps -- VI.3 Medical considerations -- VI.4 Evaluation -- Conference of Government Experts on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons -- Report -- I. Report on Plenary Meeting Proceedings -- CHAPTER 3 Delayed-Action and Treacherous Weapons -- II. Summary Records of Plenary Meetings -- Sixth Meeting -- General Debate on Delayed-action and Treacherous Weapons -- Seventh Meeting -- General Debate on Delayed-action and Treacherous Weapons (continued) -- III. Report of the General Working Group -- Introduction -- Delayed-Action Weapons and Treacherous Weapons -- Proposals -- New data -- Report of the Working Sub-Group of Military Experts on Mines and Booby-Traps -- Procedure -- Discussion on the merits of Proposals -- 1. Recording of Minefields -- 2. Disposal of Mines -- 3. Use of Remotely-Delivered Mines -- (a) The concept of "Remotely-Delivered Mine" -- (b) The definition of "Neutralizing Mechanism" -- (c) Marking Devices -- (d) Protection of Civilians -- 4. Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Similar Devices -- IV. Annexes -- A. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED TO THE CONFERENCE -- 1.COLU/203 (Original: English) -- LAND MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS AND PROPOSALS FOR THE REGULATION OF THEIR USE -- Recording of Minefields -- "Scatterable" (or "Remotely Delivered") Mines -- Booby-Traps -- Formulation of Prohibitions - scope of application.

PROPOSALS ON THE USE OF MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS -- 2. COLU/214 (Original: English) -- USE OF MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS (COLU/203) -- 3. COLU/215 (Original: Spanish) -- LAND MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS (COLU/203) -- 4. COLU/217 (Original: English) -- USE OF MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS (COLU/203) -- 5. CDDH/IV/201 -- ANNEX -- Comments to the Proposed Prohibitions -- NOTE -- 4 The United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be… -- A New Step Forward in International Law: Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND -- III. CONTEXT -- IV. CONTENT -- 1. The Convention -- 2. The Protocols -- a) Protocol on Non-detectable Fragments (Protocol I) -- b) Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II) -- c) Protocol on the Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III) -- 3. Resolution on Small-calibre Weapon Systems -- V. SCOPE -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- Turning Principles into Practice: The Challenge for International Conventions and Institutions -- Prevention of Wars -- Arms Control and Disarmament -- Preventing the Use of Mines During Armed Conflicts: The General Framework of International Humanitarian Law -- Review of the 1980 Convention -- UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONVENTION'S RULES -- REDEFINING THE SITUATION OF THE CONVENTION AND THE REVIEW PROCEDURE -- EXTENSION OF APPLICABILITY -- INTRODUCTION OF IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS -- Provision of Legal Advisers -- Requirements for Training in Humanitarian Law -- Incorporation in Domestic Law -- International Fact-Finding Commission -- Creation of a Supervisory Body -- NECESSARY CLARIFICATIONS OF PROTOCOL II -- PROHIBITION OF UNDETECTABLE MINES -- SPECIFICATIONS FOR ANTI-TANK MINES -- Reparation for Damage.

Repression -- Role of Humanitarian Institutions: The Example of the ICRC -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- PART 2 The Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ICRC Symposium on Anti-Personnel Mines -- Montreux Symposium Report -- INTRODUCTION -- MINES AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES -- THE REALITY OF THE PRESENT USE OF MINES BY MILITARY FORCES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Targeting mines -- a) The Conventional War Scenario -- b) The Counter Insurgency Campaign -- 3. Design-led strategy? -- 4. Conclusion -- Presentation and discussion -- OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF ANTI-PERSONEL MINES -- Presentation and discussion -- HUMANTARIAN CONSEQUENCES OF MINE USAGE -- Introduction -- Epidemiology -- Surgical aspects -- Medical services for mine-injured -- References -- Presentation and discussion -- ICRC REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES ON BEHALF OF WAR-DISABLED -- Presentation and discussion -- SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF WIDESPREAD USE OF LANDMINES -- Immediate Needs of the Individual -- Family/Community Needs -- Society -- Some Basic Statistics on the Effects of the Use of Landmines -- Globally -- Afghanistan -- Angola -- Bosnia/Croatia -- Cambodia -- Falklands-Malvinas -- Iraqi Kurdistan -- Kuwait -- Mozambique -- Nicaragua -- Somalia -- Vietnam -- Second World War -- Libya -- France -- Poland -- Presentation and discussion -- THE PROLIFERATION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN HUMAN TERMS AND… -- 1. The size of the problem -- 2. Some points of analysis -- 2.1 Cambodia-Thailand Border -- 2.2 Cambodia -- 2.3 Laos -- 2.4 Southern Angola (UNITA statistics) -- 2.5 Afghanistan (Pakistan) -- 2.6 Mozambique -- 2.7 Djibouti -- 2.8 Iraqi Kurdistan -- 2.9 Ethiopia -- 3.The stages of survival -- 3.1 The place of accident and the human environment -- 3.2 Transport to medical unit.

3.3 The medical unit -- 3.4 Hospitalization and early functional reeducation -- 3.5 Orthopaedic care and functional rehabilitation -- 3.6 Psycho-social follow-up and professional rehabilitation are the two final stages. -- 4.Technical responses -- 4.1 Cambodia-Thailand Border -- 4.2 Laos-Thailand Border -- 4.3 Laos -- 4.4 Cambodia -- 4.5 Afghanistan -- 4.6 Iraqi Kurdistan -- 4.7 Sri Lanka -- 4.8 Mozambique -- 4.9 Angola (information prior to the resumption of fighting) -- 5. Social responses -- 6. Recommendations -- 6.1 Improvement of the initial care for patients -- 6.2 Improvement of the medico-surgical environment -- 6.3 Improvement of early assistance in functional reeducation -- 6.4 Increase in the production of orthopaedic aids -- 6.5 The question of social and professional rehabilitation -- 7. Conclusion -- Presentation and discussion -- THE MINES PROTOCOL: NEGOTIATING HISTORY -- Introduction -- Background -- Early negotiations -- The Preparatory Conference -- The Weapons Conference -- First Session -- Second Session -- Conclusions -- TEXTS -- ARTICLE 1. MATERIAL SCOPE OF APPLICATION -- ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS -- "Mine" -- "Booby-trap" -- "Other devices". -- "Military Objective" -- "Civilian objects" -- "Recording" -- ARTICLE 3. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF MINES, BOOBY-TRAPS AND OTHER DEVICES -- ARTICLE 4. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF MINES OTHER THAN REMOTELY DELIVERED MINES, BOOBY-TRAPS AND OTHER DEVICES IN POPULATED… -- ARTICLE 5. RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF REMOTELY DELIVERED MINES -- ARTICLE 6. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CERTAIN BOOBY-TRAPS -- ARTICLE 7. RECORDING AND PUBLICATION OF THE LOCATION OF MINEFIELDS, MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS -- ARTICLE 8. PROTECTION OF UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS FROM THE EFFECTS OF MINEFIELDS, MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS -- ARTICLE 9. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THE REMOVAL OF MINEFIELDS, MINES AND BOOBY-TRAPS.

TECHNICAL ANNEX: GUIDELINES ON RECORDING.