Book Review: Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties, Vol. 1, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

Authors

J. Peter Pham, James Madison University (JMU)Follow

Abstract

Demining programs have evolved considerably since the first program for humanitarian demining, the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan, began in 1988. Likewise, the legal bases for dealing with the problem of landmines have developed substantially from the minimalist 1980 Protocol II to the Convention on the Prohibition or Restriction on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects, which entered into force in 1983, to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (also known as the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention or the Ottawa Convention), which was adopted September 18, 1997, and entered into force March 1, 1999.

Recommended Citation

Pham, J. Peter (2006) "Book Review: Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties, Vol. 1, The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction," Journal of Mine Action : Vol. 10 : Iss. 2 , Article 42.
Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol10/iss2/42