Disarmament

Mines other than anti-personnel mines (MOTAPM)

MOTAPM Documents from Previous CCW Meetings:

Meeting of Experts on MOTAPM, 2-4 April 2012

The Meeting of Experts on mines other than anti-personnel mines (MOTAPM) took place from 2 to 4 April 2012 in Geneva. It was chaired by Colonel Jim Burke of Ireland who served as Friend of the Chair on MOTAPM.

The Fourth Review Conference agreed on the following mandate for the Meeting of Experts:

Decide to convene an open-ended meeting of experts, under the overall responsibility of the Chairperson-designate of the 2012 Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the Convention, of three days in 2012 to discuss further the implementation of international humanitarian law with regard to mines other than anti-personnel mines, and to submit a report to the 2012 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention.

The following documents were prepared for the Meeting of Experts:

The following documents are presentations which were made during the meeting:
On the 'Current status of international humanitarian law':

On the 'Humanitarian impact of MOTAPM use':

On the 'Possible measures to address the humanitarian impact of MOTAPM':

Statements

Fourth Review Conference, 14-25 November 2011

Third Review Conference, 7-17 November 2006

Procedural Report
Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to 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 Fifteenth Session
(Geneva, 28 August – 6 September 2006)

Addendum 2

Report of the Work in 2006 on
MINES OTHER THAN ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES
(CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.2-CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.2)

European Union Comments on the Report by the
Coordinator and the Chairperson of the Meetings
of Military Experts on the Work in 2006 on MOTAPM
(CCW/CONF.III/WP.5)

European Union Comments on the Report by the
Coordinator and the Chairperson of the Meetings
of Military Experts on the Work in 2006 on MOTAPM

Corrigendum

(CCW/CONF.III/WP.5/Corr.1)