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Anti-personnel landmines are explosive devices typically concealed under or on the ground and designed to be activated by an enemy when approached. APLs were once considered highly useful and fully legitimate defensive weapon and were deployed in a number of modern conflicts. However, the downside of landmines – predisposition for indiscriminate killing well after the war was over – has been recognized early. This knowledge culminated in the NGOs led International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which successfully used stigmatization strategies to achieve a complete ban of the APLs in the Ottawa Treaty.   

ACTUALITIES ON
APLs

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Treaties
related with
APLs

Rome Statute 1998

negotiated  June 17, 1998
ratified  July 1, 2002
countries involved  122

Protocol II to CCW80-83

negotiated  April 10, 1981
ratified  December 2, 1983
countries involved  95

Protocol II to CCW96-98

negotiated  
ratified  
countries involved  101

Ottawa Treaty 97-99

negotiated  September 18, 1997
ratified  March 1, 1999
countries involved  160
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