Convention on Conventional Weapons Treaty Text

Global Affairs Canada provides the archived text of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons. The document contains the full treaty adopted in Geneva in 1980, which entered into force for Canada in 1994. It is an official, unaltered publication for research and recordkeeping purposes.

Use Cases

• Analyze treaty articles for specific prohibitions on weapon types like landmines or incendiary devices.
• Study the legal definitions and scope of 'indiscriminate effects' as defined in the convention text.
• Extract the list of signatory states and dates of ratification from the treaty document.
• Compare protocol annexes, such as those on non-detectable fragments, to modern weaponry reviews.

Strengths

• Provides the full, official treaty text adopted in 1980.
• Document is explicitly marked as unaltered since archival, preserving original content.

Limitations

• Publication is archived and outdated, not reflecting potential subsequent amendments or state practice.
• Data is a single PDF document with no structured metadata or machine-readable columns.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada

Collection Method

Official government publication of an international treaty.

Time Range

Treaty adopted 1980; in force for Canada from 1994.

Freshness

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Geography

International treaty with global scope.