Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects
Participation in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons   Signed and ratified   Acceded or succeeded   Accepted   Only signed
Type	Arms control
Drafted	10 October 1980
Signed	10 April 1981 (1981-04-10)
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Effective	2 December 1983
Original signatories	50 States
Parties	127[1] Complete List
Depositary	UN Secretary-General
Languages	Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
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The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW or CCWC), concluded at Geneva on October 10, 1980, and entered into force in December 1983, seeks to prohibit or restrict the use of certain conventional weapons which are considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate. The full title is Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects. The convention covers land mines, booby traps, incendiary devices, blinding laser weapons and clearance of explosive remnants of war.