The 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 as amended on 21 December 2001 (CCW) is usually referred to as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It is also known as the Inhumane Weapons Convention.
The purpose of the Convention is to ban or restrict the use of specific types of weapons that are considered to cause unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering to combatants or to affect civilians indiscriminately. The structure of the CCW – a chapeau Convention and annexed Protocols – was adopted in this manner to ensure future flexibility. The Convention itself contains only general provisions. All prohibitions or restrictions on the use of specific weapons or weapon systems are the object of the Protocols annexed to the Convention.
2021
Fifteenth Conference of High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War
Twenty-third Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II on mines, booby-traps and other devices
Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
2019
Twenty-first Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II on mines, booby-traps and other devices
2019 Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Thirteenth Conference of High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War
2018
Twelfth Conference of High Contracting Parties to Protocol V
- Statement under General Exchange of Views
2018 Annual Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons
- Statement under General Exchange of Views
2018 Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II on mines, booby-traps and other devices, to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
2017
2017 Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
Eleventh Conference of High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
2016
Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
10th Conference of High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
18th Conference of High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II on mines, booby-traps and other devices to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva, 30 August 2016
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
2016 Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Fifth Review Conference to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Statement on General Exchange of Views
Protocol V Meeting of Experts on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapon
- Statement on Cooperation and Assistance
- Statement on Victim Assistance
Amended Protocol II Group of Experts on mines, booby-traps and other devices to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Statement on Operation and Status of the Protocol
- Statement on Improvised Explosive Devices