The Encyclopedia is a project of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights launched on 2 December 2013. The Enyclopedia aims to provide accurate, up-to-date information on weapons, the effects of their use, and their regulation under public international law, in a format that is accessible to non-specialists.
+ Find out moreCCW Protocol I is not believed practically to prohibit any conventional weapon in existence. The sole provision in the Protocol, which applies only in armed conflict, is as follows:
It is prohibited to use any weapon the primary effect of which is to injure by fragments which in the human body escape detection by X-rays.
Last updated on: 08 September 2015