Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties: The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and ... 1 (Oxford Commentaries on International Law) [Paperback]

Stuart Maslen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 19, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0199287023 | ISBN-13: 978-0199287024 | Edition: 2

This commentary is a detailed guide to the interpretation of the 1997 Convention banning Anti-Personnel Mines, which was adopted after a worldwide campaign to ban landmines made famous by the late Princess Diana. It includes a description of the development of anti-personnel mines, their military utility, and the negotiating history of Convention.

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About the Author

Stuart Maslen is a Consultant on Humanitarian Affairs. He was a Member of the UNICEF delegation to the First Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, 1995-1996, and a Member of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on a Total Global Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines, in Oslo, September 1997.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (January 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199287023
• ISBN-13: 978-0199287024
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
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