Business and International Crimes
Explosive Remnants of War
Explosive Remnants of War
The international community has been actively seeking adequate policy
responses to address the humanitarian challenges posed by explosive remnants
from wars and conflicts. The November 2003 adoption of a new protocol
to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) - to become Protocol
V on the Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) - was a step in the development
of a robust international regulatory framework for this issue. Fafo monitored
the process that led to the adoption of the new Protocol, and will continue
to follow the process taking place within the CCW in 2004, as well as
the attempts to address the problem of cluster munitions, led by NGOs
and certain governments.
Project Manager:
Christian H Ruge
Publications
External links:
Convention on Conventional Weapons http://disarmament.un.org:8080/ccw/index.html
Global ERW survey http://www.landmineaction.org/assets/downloads/ERW%20global%20survey.pdf