Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Treaty
(Mine Ban Treaty)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
  States that are party to the Ottawa Treaty
Drafted18 September 1997
Signed3 December 1997
LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Effective1 March 1999
ConditionRatifications by 40 states
Signatories133
Parties164 (Complete List)[1]
DepositarySecretary-General of the United Nations
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or often simply the Mine Ban Treaty, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines (APLs) around the world.[2]

By August 2022, 164 states had ratified or acceded to the treaty.[3] Major powers, which are also past and current manufacturers of landmines, are not parties to the treaty.[4] These include the United States, China, and Russia.[5][6] Other non-signatories include India and Pakistan.[4]

  1. ^ "Status of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction". Treaties Database of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.
  2. ^ "Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention – UNODA". Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ^ "The Mine Ban Treaty: How the world decided to bury the use of mines". Arab News. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b "The Ottawa Convention: Signatories and States-Parties | Arms Control Association". www.armscontrol.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Status of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction". Treaties Database of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Treaty Status". ICBL. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.