THE STATUS OF LANDMINES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Cover Image

СТАТУС КОПНЕНИХ МИНА У МЕЂУНАРОДНОМ ХУМАНИТАРНОМ ПРАВУ
THE STATUS OF LANDMINES IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

Author(s): Nebojša Raičević
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: landmines; anti-personnel mines; anti-tank mines; remotely delivered mines; Protocol II; Amended Protocol II; Ottawa Convention

Summary/Abstract: Due to serious humanitarian problems caused by landmines, the international community has adopted three international treaties containing a number of prohibitions and restrictions on this kind of conventional weapons. The use of landmines was first restricted by Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines,Booby-Traps and Other Devices (1980), which was subsequently amended in 1996. The1980 Protocol adopted the same restrictions for anti-personnel and anti-tank mines but, in practice, these restrictions proved to be inadequate for eliminating harmful humanitarian effects. The 1996 Amended Protocol brought some improvements in comparison to the initial version of this treaty. This Protocol contains special more stringent provisions on the use of anti-personnel mines, and brings additional restrictions on the use of remotely delivered mines. It has also significantly improved the rules on recording minefields for a later removal of landmines. The largest step forward was made by the adoption of the Ottawa Convention on the anti-personnel mines which explicitly prohibits the use of these mines, their stockpiling, production and transfer, and imposes the obligation to destroy the existent stocks.

  • Issue Year: LXIII/2012
  • Issue No: 63
  • Page Range: 187-205
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian