The Ottawa Treaty (Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction) came into force on March 1, 1999.
Other are prohibited under the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.
Popular name: Landmines Treaty/Convention Full title:Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Oslo, 18 September 1997)
New first person weapons (24 total, excluding the 4 grenade types and the all new Anti-Personnel Mine)
The United States has not ratified the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty.
Robert J. Araujo, S.J., "Anti-Personnel Mines and Peremptory Norms of International Law: Argument and Catalyst", 1 Gonzaga Journal of International Law (1997-98)
The Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines comes into force.
Anti-Personnel Mines Prohibition Act 1998 (No 111)
From the point of view of the Commission, the priority remains achieving the objectives set out in the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, with its deadline of 2010.
Finally, I think it is right to mention that the Titley report contains a small paragraph, which we should bear in mind, on the ratification of the Ottawa Treaty on Anti-Personnel Mines by all the Member States.
