Signatories to the convention (blue) and states parties (purple)
Type
Disarmament
Drafted
19–30 May 2008 in Dublin
Signed
3 December 2008
Location
Oslo, Norway
Effective
1 August 2010[1]
Condition
6 months after 30 ratifications[2]
Signatories
108[3]
Parties
112[3]
Depositary
UN Secretary-General[4]
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish[5]
Full text
Convention on Cluster Munitions at Wikisource
The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunitions ("bomblets") over an area. Additionally, the convention establishes a framework to support victim assistance, clearance of contaminated sites, risk reduction education, and stockpile destruction. The convention was adopted on 30 May 2008 in Dublin,[6] and was opened for signature on 3 December 2008 in Oslo. It entered into force on 1 August 2010, six months after it was ratified by 30 states.[2] As of December 2023, a total of 124 states are committed to the goal of the convention, with 112 states that have ratified it, and 12 states that have signed the convention but not yet ratified it.[3]a
Countries that ratify the convention will be obliged "never under any circumstances to":[7]
Use cluster munitions;
Develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer to anyone, directly or indirectly, cluster munitions;
Assist, encourage or induce anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention.
The treaty allows certain types of weapons with submunitions that do not have the indiscriminate area effects or pose the same unexploded ordnance risks as cluster munitions. Permitted weapons must contain fewer than ten submunitions, and each must weigh more than 4 kilograms (8.8 lb), and each submunition must have the capability to detect and engage a single target object and contain electronic self-destruct and self-deactivation mechanisms.[8] Weapons containing submunitions which all individually weigh at least 20 kg (44 lb) are also excluded.[9] A limited number of prohibited weapons and submunitions can be acquired and kept for training in, and development of, detection, clearance and destruction techniques and counter-measures.
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^ abc"Convention on Cluster Munitions". United Nations Treaty Collection. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2021. Also see multilingual text Archived 16 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine
^"Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 22)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
^"Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 23)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
^"Baltimore Sun – Cluster-bomb ban U.S. opposes passes (actual passage)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2008.
^"Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 1)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
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^"Convention on Cluster Munitions (Article 2)". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
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