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| location_signed = [[Oslo]], Norway
| location_signed = [[Oslo]], Norway
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| date_effective = 1 August 2010<ref name=ClusterConv>[http://www.clusterconvention.org/ Convention on Cluster Munitions] official website. Retrieved {{Nowrap|18 February}} 2010.</ref>
| date_effective = 1 August 2010<ref name=ClusterConv>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/ |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions |access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref>
| condition_effective = 6 months after 30&nbsp;ratifications<ref name=Article17/>
| condition_effective = 6 months after 30&nbsp;ratifications<ref name=Article17/>
| date_expiration =
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| signatories = 108<ref name=untc>United Nations Treaty Collection: [http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-6&chapter=26&lang=en Convention on Cluster Munitions]. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|1 August}} 2010.</ref>
| signatories = 108<ref name=untc>United Nations Treaty Collection: {{cite web |url=http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-6&chapter=26&lang=en |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions | accessdate=1 August 2010}}</ref>
| parties = 110<ref name=untc/>
| parties = 110<ref name=untc/>
| depositor = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary-General]]<ref name=Article22>Article 22 of the [http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html Convention on Cluster Munitions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html |date=19 August 2010 }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|8 December}} 2008.</ref>
| depositor = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary-General]]<ref name=Article22>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#art22 |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 22) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#art22 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref>
| language =
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| languages = Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish<ref name=Article23>Article 23 of the [http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html Convention on Cluster Munitions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html |date=19 August 2010 }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|8 December}} 2008.</ref>
| languages = Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish<ref name=Article23>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#art23 |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 23) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#art23 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref>
| wikisource = Convention on Cluster Munitions
| wikisource = Convention on Cluster Munitions
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The '''Convention on Cluster Munitions''' ('''CCM''') is an international [[treaty]] that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of [[cluster bomb]]s, a type of [[explosive weapon]] which scatters submunitions ("bomblets") over an area. Additionally, the Convention establishes a framework to support victim assistance, clearance of contaminated sites, risk reduction education, and stockpile destruction. The convention was adopted on {{Nowrap|30 May}} 2008 in [[Dublin]],<ref>[http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/clusterbomb_ban_us_opposes_pas.html Baltimore Sun – Cluster-bomb ban U.S. opposes passes (actual passage)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602063409/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/clusterbomb_ban_us_opposes_pas.html |date=2 June 2008 }}</ref> and was opened for signature on {{Nowrap|3 December}} 2008 in [[Oslo]]. It entered into force on {{Nowrap|1 August}} 2010, six months after it was [[ratified]] by 30 states.<ref name=Article17>Article 17 of the [http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html Convention on Cluster Munitions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html |date=19 August 2010 }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|8 December}} 2008.</ref> As of July 2021, a total of 110 states have ratified the Convention, and 15 states have signed but not ratified it.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=United Nations Treaty Collection|url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=XXVI-6&chapter=26&clang=_en|access-date=2021-10-25|website=treaties.un.org|language=EN}}</ref>
The '''Convention on Cluster Munitions''' ('''CCM''') is an international [[treaty]] that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of [[cluster bomb]]s, a type of [[explosive weapon]] which scatters submunitions ("bomblets") over an area. Additionally, the Convention establishes a framework to support victim assistance, clearance of contaminated sites, risk reduction education, and stockpile destruction. The convention was adopted on {{Nowrap|30 May}} 2008 in [[Dublin]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/clusterbomb_ban_us_opposes_pas.html |title=Baltimore Sun – Cluster-bomb ban U.S. opposes passes (actual passage) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602063409/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/clusterbomb_ban_us_opposes_pas.html |archive-date=2 June 2008}}</ref> and was opened for signature on {{Nowrap|3 December}} 2008 in [[Oslo]]. It entered into force on {{Nowrap|1 August}} 2010, six months after it was [[ratified]] by 30 states.<ref name=Article17>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#art17 |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 17) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#art17 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref> As of July 2021, a total of 110 states have ratified the Convention, and 15 states have signed but not ratified it.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=United Nations Treaty Collection|url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=XXVI-6&chapter=26&clang=_en|access-date=2021-10-25|website=treaties.un.org|language=EN}}</ref>


Countries that ratify the convention will be obliged "never under any circumstances to":<ref name=Article1>Article 1 of the [http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html Convention on Cluster Munitions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html |date=19 August 2010 }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|8 December}} 2008.</ref>
Countries that ratify the convention will be obliged "never under any circumstances to":<ref name=Article1>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#article1 |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 1) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#article1 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref>
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(a) Use cluster munitions;
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(b) Develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer to anyone, directly or indirectly, cluster munitions;
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(c) Assist, encourage or induce anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention.</poem></blockquote>


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The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as cluster munitions. Permitted weapons must contain fewer than ten submunitions, and each must weigh more than {{convert|4|kg}}, and each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation mechanisms.<ref name="SMArt"/> Weapons containing submunitions which all individually weigh at least {{convert|20|kg|abbr=on}} are also excluded.<ref name=Article2>Article 2 of the [http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#article2 Convention on Cluster Munitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html |date=19 August 2010 }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|3 August}} 2010.</ref> A limited number of prohibited weapons and submunitions can be acquired and kept for training in, and development of, detection, clearance and destruction techniques and counter-measures.
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| Use cluster munitions;
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| Develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer to anyone, directly or indirectly, cluster munitions;
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The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as cluster munitions. Permitted weapons must contain fewer than ten submunitions, and each must weigh more than {{convert|4|kg}}, and each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation mechanisms.<ref name="SMArt"/> Weapons containing submunitions which all individually weigh at least {{convert|20|kg|abbr=on}} are also excluded.<ref name=Article2>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#article2 |title=Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 2) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162338/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_ii/iia_textenglish.html#article2 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |access-date=3 August 2010}}</ref> A limited number of prohibited weapons and submunitions can be acquired and kept for training in, and development of, detection, clearance and destruction techniques and counter-measures.


==History==
==History==
The impetus for the treaty, like that of the 1997 [[Ottawa Treaty]] to limit [[landmine]]s, has been concern over the severe damage and risks to civilians from [[explosive weapons]] during and long after attacks. A varying proportion of submunitions dispersed by cluster bombs fail to explode on impact and can lie unexploded for years until disturbed. The sometimes brightly colored munitions are not camouflaged, but have been compared to toys or [[Easter egg]]s, attracting children at play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vineeta.org/cluster.htm|title=The 2007 White House Cluster Bomb Hunt|author=[[Vineeta Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/total_coverage/kosovo/reality_check/cluster.html|title=The case against cluster bombs|author=Jeffrey Benner|date=28 May 1999|publisher=Mother Jones}}</ref> Human rights activists claim that one in four casualties resulting from submunitions that fail to explode on impact are children who often pick up and play with the explosive canisters well after the conflict has ended.<ref name=nytimes>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/world/europe/29cluster.html?em&ex=1212206400&en=0e28528fd0c65072&ei=5087%0A "Britain Joins a Draft Treaty on Cluster Munitions "], ''[[The New York Times]]'', {{Nowrap|29 May}} 2008</ref> The [[2006 Lebanon War]] provided momentum for the campaign to ban cluster bombs. The United Nations estimated that up to 40% of Israeli cluster bomblets failed to explode on impact.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761781.html|title=Haaretz.com}}</ref> Norway organized the independent Oslo process after discussions at the traditional disarmament forum in [[Geneva]] fell through in November 2006.<ref name=46nations>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022300492.html "46 Nations Push for Cluster Bomb Treaty"], ''[[Associated Press]]'' via ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 23 February 2007</ref>
The impetus for the treaty, like that of the 1997 [[Ottawa Treaty]] to limit [[landmine]]s, has been concern over the severe damage and risks to civilians from [[explosive weapons]] during and long after attacks. A varying proportion of submunitions dispersed by cluster bombs fail to explode on impact and can lie unexploded for years until disturbed. The sometimes brightly colored munitions are not camouflaged, but have been compared to toys or [[Easter egg]]s, attracting children at play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vineeta.org/cluster.htm|title=The 2007 White House Cluster Bomb Hunt|author=[[Vineeta Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/total_coverage/kosovo/reality_check/cluster.html|title=The case against cluster bombs|author=Jeffrey Benner|date=28 May 1999|publisher=Mother Jones}}</ref> Human rights activists claim that one in four casualties resulting from submunitions that fail to explode on impact are children who often pick up and play with the explosive canisters well after the conflict has ended.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/world/europe/29cluster.html?em&ex=1212206400&en=0e28528fd0c65072&ei=5087%0A |title=Britain Joins a Draft Treaty on Cluster Munitions |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |publication-date=29 May 2008}}</ref> The [[2006 Lebanon War]] provided momentum for the campaign to ban cluster bombs. The United Nations estimated that up to 40% of Israeli cluster bomblets failed to explode on impact.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761781.html|title=Haaretz.com}}</ref> Norway organized the independent Oslo process after discussions at the traditional disarmament forum in [[Geneva]] fell through in November 2006.<ref name=46nations>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022300492.html |title=46 Nations Push for Cluster Bomb Treaty |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |via=[[The Washington Post]] |publication-date=23 February 2007}}</ref>


The cluster munitions ban process, also known as the Oslo Process, began in February 2007 in Oslo. At this time, 46&nbsp;nations issued the "Oslo Declaration", committing themselves to:
The cluster munitions ban process, also known as the Oslo Process, began in February 2007 in Oslo. At this time, 46&nbsp;nations issued the "Oslo Declaration", committing themselves to:
<blockquote>Conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that prohibits the use and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians and secure adequate provision of care and rehabilitation to survivors and clearance of contaminated areas.<ref>[http://www.norway-un.org/Topics/Disarmament/052308_ConventiononClusterMunitions.htm "Towards a Convention on Cluster Munitions"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907083827/http://www.norway-un.org/Topics/Disarmament/052308_ConventiononClusterMunitions.htm |date=7 September 2008 }}, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, {{Nowrap|23 May}} 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/Oslo%20Declaration%20(final)%2023%20February%202007.pdf Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, 22–{{Nowrap|23 February}} 2007: Declaration]</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>Conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that prohibits the use and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians and secure adequate provision of care and rehabilitation to survivors and clearance of contaminated areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norway-un.org/Topics/Disarmament/052308_ConventiononClusterMunitions.htm |title=Towards a Convention on Cluster Munitions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907083827/http://www.norway-un.org/Topics/Disarmament/052308_ConventiononClusterMunitions.htm |archive-date=7 September 2008 }} Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, {{Nowrap|23 May}} 2008</ref><ref>{{cite conference |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/UD/Vedlegg/Oslo%20Declaration%20(final)%2023%20February%202007.pdf |title=Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions | date=22–23 February 2007}}</ref></blockquote>


The Oslo Process held meetings in [[Lima]] in May 2007 and [[Vienna]] in December 2007. In February 2008, 79 countries adopted the "Wellington Declaration", setting forth the principles to be included in the convention.<ref name=wellington>[http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_vi/vic_oslowellington.html Declaration of the Wellington conference on cluster munitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123070441/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_vi/vic_oslowellington.html |date=23 January 2011 }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|8 December}} 2008.</ref>
The Oslo Process held meetings in [[Lima]] in May 2007 and [[Vienna]] in December 2007. In February 2008, 79 countries adopted the "Wellington Declaration", setting forth the principles to be included in the convention.<ref name=wellington>{{cite web |url=http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_vi/vic_oslowellington.html |title=Declaration of the Wellington conference on cluster munitions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123070441/http://www.clusterconvention.org/pages/pages_vi/vic_oslowellington.html |archive-date=23 January 2011 |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref>


===Adoption===
===Adoption===
[[Image:Stop cluster bombs march.jpg|thumb|[[Ban Advocates]] from [[Afghanistan]] and [[Ethiopia]] demonstrating during the May 2008 Dublin conference]]
[[Image:Stop cluster bombs march.jpg|thumb|[[Ban Advocates]] from [[Afghanistan]] and [[Ethiopia]] demonstrating during the May 2008 Dublin conference]]
Delegates from 107&nbsp;nations agreed to the final draft of the treaty at the end of a ten-day meeting held in May 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7423714.stm "Cluster bomb ban treaty approved"], ''[[BBC News]]'', {{Nowrap|28 May}} 2008</ref> Its text was formally adopted on {{Nowrap|30 May}} 2008 by 107 nations,<ref>{{cite news|title=More than 100 countries adopt cluster bomb ban|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR4zQpMlYTDqwRQbUfvk0-L2zaBg|work=AFP|date=30 May 2008|access-date=30 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905124334/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR4zQpMlYTDqwRQbUfvk0-L2zaBg|archive-date=5 September 2008|url-status=dead}}* in case the link above is a [[dead link]], use this:</ref> including 7 of the 14 countries that have used cluster bombs and 17 of the 34 countries that have produced them.<ref name=MAC>Mines Action Canada (2008). {{cite web|url= http://www.minesactioncanada.org/peoples_treaty/fact_sheets/en/Who%20is%20banning%20cluster%20bombs.pdf |title=''Who is banning cluster bombs?'' }}. Retrieved on {{Nowrap|8 December}} 2008.</ref>
Delegates from 107&nbsp;nations agreed to the final draft of the treaty at the end of a ten-day meeting held in May 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7423714.stm |title=Cluster bomb ban treaty approved |publisher=[[BBC News]] |publication-date=28 May 2008}}</ref> Its text was formally adopted on {{Nowrap|30 May}} 2008 by 107 nations,<ref>{{cite news|title=More than 100 countries adopt cluster bomb ban|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR4zQpMlYTDqwRQbUfvk0-L2zaBg|work=AFP|date=30 May 2008|access-date=30 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905124334/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR4zQpMlYTDqwRQbUfvk0-L2zaBg|archive-date=5 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> including 7 of the 14 countries that have used cluster bombs and 17 of the 34 countries that have produced them.<ref name=MAC>{{cite web|url= http://www.minesactioncanada.org/peoples_treaty/fact_sheets/en/Who%20is%20banning%20cluster%20bombs.pdf |title=Who is banning cluster bombs? |publisher=Mines Action Canada |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref>


The treaty was opposed by a number of countries that produce or stockpile significant quantities of cluster munitions, including China, Russia, the United States, India, Israel, Pakistan and Brazil.<ref name=nytimes/> The U.S. has acknowledged humanitarian concerns about the use of cluster munitions, but insisted that the proper venue for a discussion of cluster munitions was the forum attached to the [[Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons]], which includes all major military powers.<ref>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rm/105111.htm "U.S. Cluster Munitions Policy"]: Briefing by Stephen D. Mull, U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, 21 May 2008</ref> The U.S. has further stated that the development and introduction of [[Precision-guided munition|"smart" cluster munitions]], where each submunition contains its own targeting and guidance system as well as an auto-self-destruct mechanism, means that the problematic munitions are being moved away from in any case.<ref name=nytimes/> In 2006, [[Barack Obama]] voted to support a legislative measure to limit use of the bombs, while his general election opponent [[John McCain]] and his [[United States presidential primary|primary]] opponent [[Hillary Clinton]] both voted against it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/22/hillaryclinton.barackobama|title=Past holds key to Democratic future|date=28 January 2008|author=Elena Schor | location=London | work=The Guardian}}</ref> According to the Pentagon's 2008 policy, cluster munitions are actually humane weapons. "Because future adversaries will likely use civilian shields for military targets – for example by locating a military target on the roof of an occupied building – use of unitary weapons could result in more civilian casualties and damage than cluster munitions," the policy claims. "Blanket elimination of cluster munitions is therefore unacceptable due not only to negative military consequences but also due to potential negative consequences for civilians."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/u-s-ducks-as-cluster-bomb-ban-takes-effect/ | magazine=Wired | first=Spencer | last=Ackerman | title=U.S. Ducks As Cluster Bomb Ban Takes Effect | date=29 July 2010}}</ref>
The treaty was opposed by a number of countries that produce or stockpile significant quantities of cluster munitions, including China, Russia, the United States, India, Israel, Pakistan and Brazil.<ref name=nytimes/> The U.S. has acknowledged humanitarian concerns about the use of cluster munitions, but insisted that the proper venue for a discussion of cluster munitions was the forum attached to the [[Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons]], which includes all major military powers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rm/105111.htm |title=U.S. Cluster Munitions Policy |publication-date=21 May 2008}} Briefing by Stephen D. Mull, U.S. Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs</ref> The U.S. has further stated that the development and introduction of [[Precision-guided munition|"smart" cluster munitions]], where each submunition contains its own targeting and guidance system as well as an auto-self-destruct mechanism, means that the problematic munitions are being moved away from in any case.<ref name=nytimes/> In 2006, [[Barack Obama]] voted to support a legislative measure to limit use of the bombs, while his general election opponent [[John McCain]] and his [[United States presidential primary|primary]] opponent [[Hillary Clinton]] both voted against it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/22/hillaryclinton.barackobama|title=Past holds key to Democratic future|date=28 January 2008|author=Elena Schor | location=London | work=The Guardian}}</ref> According to the Pentagon's 2008 policy, cluster munitions are actually humane weapons. "Because future adversaries will likely use civilian shields for military targets – for example by locating a military target on the roof of an occupied building – use of unitary weapons could result in more civilian casualties and damage than cluster munitions," the policy claims. "Blanket elimination of cluster munitions is therefore unacceptable due not only to negative military consequences but also due to potential negative consequences for civilians."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/u-s-ducks-as-cluster-bomb-ban-takes-effect/ | magazine=Wired | first=Spencer | last=Ackerman | title=U.S. Ducks As Cluster Bomb Ban Takes Effect | date=29 July 2010}}</ref>


The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as the prohibited weapons. These must contain no more than nine submunitions, and no submunition may weigh less than {{convert|4|kg}}. Each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation devices.<ref name="SMArt"/> Weapons containing submunitions which each weigh at least {{convert|20|kg|abbr=on}} are also excluded.<ref name="Article2"/> Australia, which supports the treaty, stated that the convention does not prohibit the [[SMArt 155]] artillery shell that it has bought, which releases two self-guided self-destructing submunitions.<ref name="SMArt">[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/29/2259009.htm "Fitzgibbon wants to keep SMArt cluster shells"], ''[[Australia Broadcasting Corporation]]'', {{Nowrap|29 May}} 2008</ref>
The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as the prohibited weapons. These must contain no more than nine submunitions, and no submunition may weigh less than {{convert|4|kg}}. Each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation devices.<ref name="SMArt"/> Weapons containing submunitions which each weigh at least {{convert|20|kg|abbr=on}} are also excluded.<ref name="Article2"/> Australia, which supports the treaty, stated that the convention does not prohibit the [[SMArt 155]] artillery shell that it has bought, which releases two self-guided self-destructing submunitions.<ref name="SMArt">{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/29/2259009.htm |title=Fitzgibbon wants to keep SMArt cluster shells" |publisher=[[Australia Broadcasting Corporation]] |publication-date=29 May 2008}}</ref>


In response to U.S. lobbying, and also concerns raised by diplomats from Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and others, the treaty includes a provision allowing signatory nations to cooperate militarily with non-signatory nations. This provision is designed to provide legal protections to the military personnel of signatory nations engaged in military operations with the U.S. or other non-signatory nations that might use cluster munitions.<ref name=latimes>[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-cluster29-2008may29,0,6458362.story "British turnabout key to cluster bomb ban"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', {{Nowrap|29 May}} 2008</ref> [[David Miliband]], who was Britain's foreign secretary under Labour, approved the use of a loophole to manoeuvre around the ban and allow the US to keep the munitions on British territory.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-cluster-bombs-britain | location=London | work=The Guardian | first1=David | last1=Leigh | first2=Rob | last2=Evans | title=WikiLeaks cables: Secret deal let Americans sidestep cluster bomb ban | date=1 December 2010}}</ref>
In response to U.S. lobbying, and also concerns raised by diplomats from Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and others, the treaty includes a provision allowing signatory nations to cooperate militarily with non-signatory nations. This provision is designed to provide legal protections to the military personnel of signatory nations engaged in military operations with the U.S. or other non-signatory nations that might use cluster munitions.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-cluster29-2008may29,0,6458362.story |title=British turnabout key to cluster bomb ban |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]' |publication-date=29 May 2008}}</ref> [[David Miliband]], who was Britain's foreign secretary under Labour, approved the use of a loophole to manoeuvre around the ban and allow the US to keep the munitions on British territory.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-cluster-bombs-britain | location=London | work=The Guardian | first1=David | last1=Leigh | first2=Rob | last2=Evans | title=WikiLeaks cables: Secret deal let Americans sidestep cluster bomb ban | date=1 December 2010}}</ref>


Prior to the Dublin meeting, the United Kingdom was thought to be one of a group of nations in a pivotal role whereby their cooperation could make or break the treaty. In an unexpected turn of events shortly before the end of the conference, Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] declared that the United Kingdom would withdraw all of its cluster bombs from service.<ref name=afp>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivXrxXgalv00M8IhEYe7fdUxTMDw "Observers laud landmark cluster bomb ban"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601205557/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivXrxXgalv00M8IhEYe7fdUxTMDw |date=1 June 2008 }}, ''[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]'', {{Nowrap|29 May}} 2008</ref> This was done despite intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the U.S. and objections by British government personnel who saw utility in the weapons.
Prior to the Dublin meeting, the United Kingdom was thought to be one of a group of nations in a pivotal role whereby their cooperation could make or break the treaty. In an unexpected turn of events shortly before the end of the conference, Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] declared that the United Kingdom would withdraw all of its cluster bombs from service.<ref name=afp>{{cite web |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivXrxXgalv00M8IhEYe7fdUxTMDw |title=Observers laud landmark cluster bomb ban |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601205557/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivXrxXgalv00M8IhEYe7fdUxTMDw |archive-date=1 June 2008 |access-date=29 May 2008}}</ref> This was done despite intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the U.S. and objections by British government personnel who saw utility in the weapons.


The CCM was opened for signature at a ceremony at Oslo City Hall on 3–{{Nowrap|4 December}} 2008. By the end of the ceremony, 94 states had signed the treaty, including four (Ireland, the [[Holy See]], [[Sierra Leone]] and Norway) which had also submitted their instruments of ratification. Signatories included 21 of the 27 [[Member State of the European Union|member-states of the European Union]] and 18 of the 26 countries in [[NATO]]. Among the signatories were several states affected by cluster munitions, including [[Laos]] and [[Lebanon]].
The CCM was opened for signature at a ceremony at Oslo City Hall on 3–{{Nowrap|4 December}} 2008. By the end of the ceremony, 94 states had signed the treaty, including four (Ireland, the [[Holy See]], [[Sierra Leone]] and Norway) which had also submitted their instruments of ratification. Signatories included 21 of the 27 [[Member State of the European Union|member-states of the European Union]] and 18 of the 26 countries in [[NATO]]. Among the signatories were several states affected by cluster munitions, including [[Laos]] and [[Lebanon]].


In November 2008, ahead of the signing Conference in Oslo, the [[European Parliament]] passed a resolution calling on all [[European Union]] governments to sign and ratify the Convention, as several EU countries had not yet declared their intention to do so.<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/031-42127-322-11-47-903-20081114STO42065-2008-17-11-2008/default_en.htm Cluster bombs: MEPs to press for signature of treaty ban] last retrieved on {{Nowrap|29 November}} 2008</ref> Finland had declared it would not sign,<ref>[http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3918:finland-not-to-sign-cluster-munitions-treaty-&catid=24:politics&Itemid=204 Helsinki Times, 3 Nov. 2008: "Finland not to sign cluster munitions treaty"]</ref> having just signed the Ottawa Treaty and replaced its mine arsenal largely with cluster munitions.
In November 2008, ahead of the signing Conference in Oslo, the [[European Parliament]] passed a resolution calling on all [[European Union]] governments to sign and ratify the Convention, as several EU countries had not yet declared their intention to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/031-42127-322-11-47-903-20081114STO42065-2008-17-11-2008/default_en.htm |title=Cluster bombs: MEPs to press for signature of treaty ban |access-date=29 November 2008}}</ref> Finland had declared it would not sign,<ref>{{ cite news |url=http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3918:finland-not-to-sign-cluster-munitions-treaty-&catid=24:politics&Itemid=204 |title=Finland not to sign cluster munitions treaty |publisher=Helsinki Times |publication-date=3 November 2008}}</ref> having just signed the Ottawa Treaty and replaced its mine arsenal largely with cluster munitions.


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== References ==
== References ==

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Convention on Cluster Munitions
Signatories to the Convention (blue) and States Parties (purple)
TypeDisarmament
Drafted19–30 May 2008 in Dublin
Signed3 December 2008
LocationOslo, Norway
Effective1 August 2010[1]
Condition6 months after 30 ratifications[2]
Signatories108[3]
Parties110[3]
DepositaryUN Secretary-General[4]
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish[5]
Full text
Convention on Cluster Munitions at Wikisource

The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunitions ("bomblets") over an area. Additionally, the Convention establishes a framework to support victim assistance, clearance of contaminated sites, risk reduction education, and stockpile destruction. The convention was adopted on 30 May 2008 in Dublin,[6] and was opened for signature on 3 December 2008 in Oslo. It entered into force on 1 August 2010, six months after it was ratified by 30 states.[2] As of July 2021, a total of 110 states have ratified the Convention, and 15 states have signed but not ratified it.[7]

Countries that ratify the convention will be obliged "never under any circumstances to":[8]

  1. Use cluster munitions;
  2. Develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer to anyone, directly or indirectly, cluster munitions;
  3. Assist, encourage or induce anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention.

The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as cluster munitions. Permitted weapons must contain fewer than ten submunitions, and each must weigh more than 4 kilograms (8.8 lb), and each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation mechanisms.[9] Weapons containing submunitions which all individually weigh at least 20 kg (44 lb) are also excluded.[10] A limited number of prohibited weapons and submunitions can be acquired and kept for training in, and development of, detection, clearance and destruction techniques and counter-measures.

History

The impetus for the treaty, like that of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty to limit landmines, has been concern over the severe damage and risks to civilians from explosive weapons during and long after attacks. A varying proportion of submunitions dispersed by cluster bombs fail to explode on impact and can lie unexploded for years until disturbed. The sometimes brightly colored munitions are not camouflaged, but have been compared to toys or Easter eggs, attracting children at play.[11][12] Human rights activists claim that one in four casualties resulting from submunitions that fail to explode on impact are children who often pick up and play with the explosive canisters well after the conflict has ended.[13] The 2006 Lebanon War provided momentum for the campaign to ban cluster bombs. The United Nations estimated that up to 40% of Israeli cluster bomblets failed to explode on impact.[14] Norway organized the independent Oslo process after discussions at the traditional disarmament forum in Geneva fell through in November 2006.[15]

The cluster munitions ban process, also known as the Oslo Process, began in February 2007 in Oslo. At this time, 46 nations issued the "Oslo Declaration", committing themselves to:

Conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that prohibits the use and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians and secure adequate provision of care and rehabilitation to survivors and clearance of contaminated areas.[16][17]

The Oslo Process held meetings in Lima in May 2007 and Vienna in December 2007. In February 2008, 79 countries adopted the "Wellington Declaration", setting forth the principles to be included in the convention.[18]

Adoption

Ban Advocates from Afghanistan and Ethiopia demonstrating during the May 2008 Dublin conference

Delegates from 107 nations agreed to the final draft of the treaty at the end of a ten-day meeting held in May 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.[19] Its text was formally adopted on 30 May 2008 by 107 nations,[20] including 7 of the 14 countries that have used cluster bombs and 17 of the 34 countries that have produced them.[21]

The treaty was opposed by a number of countries that produce or stockpile significant quantities of cluster munitions, including China, Russia, the United States, India, Israel, Pakistan and Brazil.[13] The U.S. has acknowledged humanitarian concerns about the use of cluster munitions, but insisted that the proper venue for a discussion of cluster munitions was the forum attached to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which includes all major military powers.[22] The U.S. has further stated that the development and introduction of "smart" cluster munitions, where each submunition contains its own targeting and guidance system as well as an auto-self-destruct mechanism, means that the problematic munitions are being moved away from in any case.[13] In 2006, Barack Obama voted to support a legislative measure to limit use of the bombs, while his general election opponent John McCain and his primary opponent Hillary Clinton both voted against it.[23] According to the Pentagon's 2008 policy, cluster munitions are actually humane weapons. "Because future adversaries will likely use civilian shields for military targets – for example by locating a military target on the roof of an occupied building – use of unitary weapons could result in more civilian casualties and damage than cluster munitions," the policy claims. "Blanket elimination of cluster munitions is therefore unacceptable due not only to negative military consequences but also due to potential negative consequences for civilians."[24]

The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as the prohibited weapons. These must contain no more than nine submunitions, and no submunition may weigh less than 4 kilograms (8.8 lb). Each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation devices.[9] Weapons containing submunitions which each weigh at least 20 kg (44 lb) are also excluded.[10] Australia, which supports the treaty, stated that the convention does not prohibit the SMArt 155 artillery shell that it has bought, which releases two self-guided self-destructing submunitions.[9]

In response to U.S. lobbying, and also concerns raised by diplomats from Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and others, the treaty includes a provision allowing signatory nations to cooperate militarily with non-signatory nations. This provision is designed to provide legal protections to the military personnel of signatory nations engaged in military operations with the U.S. or other non-signatory nations that might use cluster munitions.[25] David Miliband, who was Britain's foreign secretary under Labour, approved the use of a loophole to manoeuvre around the ban and allow the US to keep the munitions on British territory.[26]

Prior to the Dublin meeting, the United Kingdom was thought to be one of a group of nations in a pivotal role whereby their cooperation could make or break the treaty. In an unexpected turn of events shortly before the end of the conference, Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared that the United Kingdom would withdraw all of its cluster bombs from service.[27] This was done despite intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the U.S. and objections by British government personnel who saw utility in the weapons.

The CCM was opened for signature at a ceremony at Oslo City Hall on 3–4 December 2008. By the end of the ceremony, 94 states had signed the treaty, including four (Ireland, the Holy See, Sierra Leone and Norway) which had also submitted their instruments of ratification. Signatories included 21 of the 27 member-states of the European Union and 18 of the 26 countries in NATO. Among the signatories were several states affected by cluster munitions, including Laos and Lebanon.

In November 2008, ahead of the signing Conference in Oslo, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling on all European Union governments to sign and ratify the Convention, as several EU countries had not yet declared their intention to do so.[28] Finland had declared it would not sign,[29] having just signed the Ottawa Treaty and replaced its mine arsenal largely with cluster munitions.

Entry into force

According to article 17 of the treaty, the convention entered into force "on the first day of the sixth month after the month in which the thirtieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited".[3] Since the thirtieth ratification was deposited during February 2010, the convention entered into force on 1 August 2010; by that point, 38 nations had ratified the treaty.

As the convention entered into force, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke of "not only the world's collective revulsion at these abhorrent weapons, but also the power of collaboration among governments, civil society and the United Nations to change attitudes and policies on a threat faced by all humankind".[30] A spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross said "These weapons are a relic of the Cold War. They are a legacy that has to be eliminated because they increasingly won't work".[31] Nobel peace prize winner Jody Williams called the convention "the most important disarmament and humanitarian convention in over a decade".[31]

Anti-cluster munitions campaigners praised the rapid progress made in the adoption of the convention, and expressed hope that even non-signatories – such as China, North Korea, Russia, and the US – would be discouraged from using the weapons by the entry into force of the convention.[32] As one of the countries that did not ratify the treaty, the United States said that cluster bombs are a legal form of weapon, and that they had a "clear military utility in combat." It also said that compared to other types of weapons, cluster bombs are less harmful to civilians.[30]

Article 11 requires the first Meeting of States Parties to be held within 12 months of the entry into force. The first such meeting was held in Laos in November 2010.[33] There is a President, currently Swiss ambassador Félix Baumann.[34]

To date, the United States and Russia have not signed this convention.[35]

State parties

Signatories to the Convention (blue) and State Parties (purple)

As of July 2021, there are 110 States Parties to the Convention.[7]

State Party Signed Ratified or acceded Entered into force
 Afghanistan 3 December 2008 9 September 2011 1 March 2012
 Albania 3 December 2008 16 June 2009 1 August 2010
 Andorra 9 April 2013 1 October 2013
 Antigua and Barbuda 16 July 2010 23 August 2010 1 February 2011
 Australia 3 December 2008 8 October 2012 1 April 2013
 Austria 3 December 2008 2 April 2009 1 August 2010
 Belgium 3 December 2008 22 December 2009 1 August 2010
 Belize 2 September 2014 2 September 2014[a]
 Benin 3 December 2008 10 July 2017 1 January 2018
 Bolivia 3 December 2008 30 April 2013 1 October 2013
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 December 2008 7 September 2010 1 March 2011
 Botswana 3 December 2008 27 June 2011 1 December 2011
 Bulgaria 3 December 2008 6 April 2011 1 October 2011
 Burkina Faso 3 December 2008 16 February 2010 1 August 2010
 Burundi 3 December 2008 25 September 2009 1 August 2010
 Cabo Verde 3 December 2008 19 October 2010 1 April 2011
 Cameroon 15 December 2009 12 July 2012 1 January 2013
 Canada 3 December 2008 16 March 2015 1 September 2015
 Chad 3 December 2008 26 March 2013 1 September 2013
 Chile 3 December 2008 16 December 2010 1 June 2011
 Colombia 3 December 2008 10 September 2015 1 March 2016
 Comoros 3 December 2008 28 July 2010 1 January 2011
 Republic of the Congo 3 December 2008 2 September 2014 1 March 2015
 Cook Islands 3 December 2008 23 August 2011 1 February 2012
 Costa Rica 3 December 2008 28 April 2011 1 October 2011
 Côte d'Ivoire 4 December 2008 12 March 2012 1 September 2012
 Croatia 3 December 2008 17 August 2009 1 August 2010
 Cuba 6 April 2016 1 October 2016
 Czech Republic 3 December 2008 22 September 2011 1 March 2012
 Denmark[b] 3 December 2008 2 February 2010 1 August 2010
 Dominican Republic 10 November 2009 20 December 2011 1 June 2012
 Ecuador 3 December 2008 11 May 2010 1 November 2010
 El Salvador 3 December 2008 10 January 2011 1 July 2011
 Eswatini 16 September 2011 1 March 2012
 Fiji 3 December 2008 28 May 2010 1 November 2010
 France 3 December 2008 25 September 2009 1 August 2010
 Gambia 3 December 2008 11 December 2018 1 June 2019
 Germany 3 December 2008 8 July 2009 1 August 2010
 Ghana 3 December 2008 3 February 2011 1 August 2011
 Grenada 29 June 2011 1 December 2011
 Guatemala 3 December 2008 3 November 2010 1 May 2011
 Guinea 3 December 2008 21 October 2014 1 April 2015
 Guinea-Bissau 4 December 2008 29 November 2010 1 May 2011
 Guyana 31 October 2014 1 April 2015
 Holy See 3 December 2008 3 December 2008 1 August 2010
 Honduras 3 December 2008 21 March 2012 1 September 2012
 Hungary 3 December 2008 3 July 2012 1 January 2013
 Iceland 12 November 2009 31 August 2015 1 February 2016
 Iraq 12 November 2009 14 May 2013 1 November 2013
 Ireland 3 December 2008 3 December 2008 1 August 2010
 Italy 3 December 2008 21 September 2011 1 March 2012
 Japan 3 December 2008 14 July 2009 1 August 2010
 Laos 3 December 2008 18 March 2009 1 August 2010
 Lebanon 3 December 2008 5 November 2010 1 May 2011
 Lesotho 3 December 2008 28 May 2010 1 November 2010
 Liechtenstein 3 December 2008 4 March 2013 1 September 2013
 Lithuania 3 December 2008 24 March 2011 24 March 2011[a]
 Luxembourg 3 December 2008 10 July 2009 1 August 2010
 North Macedonia 3 December 2008 8 October 2009 1 August 2010
 Madagascar 3 December 2008 20 May 2017 1 November 2017
 Malawi 3 December 2008 7 October 2009 1 August 2010
 Maldives 27 September 2019 1 March 2020
 Mali 3 December 2008 30 January 2010 1 August 2010
 Malta 3 December 2008 24 September 2009 1 August 2010
 Mauritania 19 April 2010 1 February 2012 1 August 2012
 Mauritius 1 October 2015 1 April 2016
 Mexico 3 December 2008 6 May 2009 1 August 2010
 Moldova 3 December 2008 16 February 2010 1 August 2010
 Monaco 3 December 2008 21 September 2010 1 March 2011
 Montenegro 3 December 2008 25 January 2010 1 August 2010
 Mozambique 3 December 2008 14 March 2011 1 September 2011
 Namibia 3 December 2008 31 August 2018 1 February 2019
 Nauru 3 December 2008 4 February 2013 1 August 2013
 Netherlands[c] 3 December 2008 23 February 2011 1 August 2011
 New Zealand[d] 3 December 2008 22 December 2009 1 August 2010
 Nicaragua 3 December 2008 2 November 2009 1 August 2010
 Niue[37] 6 August 2020 1 February 2021
 Niger 3 December 2008 2 June 2009 1 August 2010
 Norway 3 December 2008 3 December 2008 3 December 2008[a]
 Palau 3 December 2008 19 April 2016 1 October 2016
 State of Palestine 2 January 2015 1 July 2015
 Panama 3 December 2008 29 November 2010 1 May 2011
 Paraguay 3 December 2008 12 March 2015 1 September 2015
 Peru 3 December 2008 26 September 2012 1 March 2013
 Philippines 3 December 2008 3 January 2019 3 July 2019
 Portugal 3 December 2008 9 March 2011 1 September 2011
 Romania 1 March 2021 15 March 2021 29 March 2021
 Rwanda 3 December 2008 25 August 2015 1 February 2016
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 September 2013 1 March 2014
 Saint Lucia 15 September 2020
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23 September 2009 29 October 2010 1 April 2011
 Samoa 3 December 2008 28 April 2010 1 October 2010
 San Marino 3 December 2008 10 July 2009 1 August 2010
 Sao Tome and Principe 3 December 2008 27 January 2020 1 July 2020
 Senegal 3 December 2008 3 August 2011 1 February 2012
 Seychelles 13 April 2010 20 May 2010 1 November 2010
 Sierra Leone 3 December 2008 3 December 2008 1 August 2010
 Slovakia 24 July 2015 1 January 2016
 Slovenia 3 December 2008 19 August 2009 1 August 2010
 Somalia 3 December 2008 30 September 2015 1 March 2016
 South Africa 3 December 2008 28 May 2015 1 November 2015
 Spain 3 December 2008 17 June 2009 1 August 2010
 Sri Lanka 1 March 2018 1 September 2018
 Sweden 3 December 2008 23 April 2012 1 October 2012
  Switzerland 3 December 2008 17 July 2012 17 July 2012[a]
 Togo 3 December 2008 22 June 2012 1 December 2012
 Trinidad and Tobago 21 September 2011 1 March 2012
 Tunisia 12 January 2009 28 September 2010 1 March 2011
 United Kingdom 3 December 2008 4 May 2010 1 November 2010
 Uruguay 3 December 2008 24 September 2009 1 August 2010
 Zambia 3 December 2008 12 August 2009 1 August 2010
  1. ^ a b c d Pending formal entry into force, the State provisionally applied the Convention as of this date.
  2. ^ The Convention does not apply to the Faroe Islands.
  3. ^ The Convention does not apply to Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten.[36]
  4. ^ The Convention does not apply to Tokelau.

Another 15 states have signed, but not ratified the convention.

State Signed
 Angola 3 December 2008
 Brunei Darussalam 22 October 2020
 Central African Republic 3 December 2008
 Cyprus 23 September 2009
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 March 2009
 Djibouti 30 July 2010
 Haiti 28 October 2009
 Indonesia 3 December 2008
 Jamaica 12 June 2009
 Kenya 3 December 2008
 Liberia 3 December 2008
 Nigeria 12 June 2009
 Tanzania 3 December 2008
 Uganda 3 December 2008

See also

References

  1. ^ "Convention on Cluster Munitions". Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 17)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b c United Nations Treaty Collection: "Convention on Cluster Munitions". Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 22)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
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