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 moreAmong other provisions, the Protocol prohibits the use of 'non-detectable' anti-personnel minesArticle 4 and remotely delivered anti-personnel mines that do not, in combination, self-destruct or self-deactivate effectively.Article 6 and Technical Annex, Article 3 In what was, at the time, quite innovative for an international humanitarian law treaty, it prohibits also the transfer of such mines to anyone and the transfer of any mines to a non-state actor.Article 8(1)(a) and (b).
Last updated on: 01 December 2013