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Victim Assistance in CCW Protocol VI: No step forward, two steps back

November 16, 2011

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Victim Assistance in the CCW: No step forward, two steps back By Nerina Cevra, Action on Armed Violence November 2011 In over a decade since the victim assistance was introduced in the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, states have consistently interpreted victim assistance as an obligatory standard, with clear and mandatory implementation measures. This standard has […]

CCW draft Protocol VI: Count on More Civilian Casualties

November 16, 2011

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Diplomatic representatives from approximately 100 countries are meeting in Geneva from November 14- 25 for the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), where the main order of business is an effort to conclude negotiations on a new CCW protocol on cluster munitions (Protocol VI) that would allow continued use, production, trade, […]

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