Source: https://ihl-in-action.icrc.org/print/21144
Timestamp: 2020-07-09 14:53:40
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 3', 'Art. 1', 'Art.3', 'Art. 1', 'Art.1', 'Art. 5', 'Art.10']

Home > Sudan, Neutralisation and Removal of Landmines
[Source: Sudan Tribune, “Sudan: UN says cleared 19 million square meters from mines in Sudan”, 22 January 2016, available at http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article57768 [1]]
[Source: OCHA, Humanitarian Bulletin: Sudan, 26 February to 18 March 2018, available at https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/dms/OCHA_Sudan_Humanitarian_Bulletin_Issue_05_%2826_February_-_18_March_2018%29.pdf [2]]
[Source:Geneva Call, “Sudan: The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North neutralizes 211 stockpiled anti-personnel mines”, 15 December 2015, available at http://genevacall.org/sudan-sudan-peoples-liberation-movement-north-neutralizes-211-stockpiled-anti-personnel-mines/ [3]]
1. How would you classify the situation in Sudan? What additional information would you require in order to make such a determination? (GC I-IV, Art. 3 [4]; AP II, Art. 1 [5]) Would Additional Protocol II be applicable to the situation? Why?
2. Can a “Deed of Commitments” be qualified as a “special agreement” under GC I-IV, Art.3 [6]?
4. Does a State have a duty to clear anti-personnel landmines when they are already scattered underground? On what information does the State have to base its clearance action? What is the time-frame of the mine clearance obligation? What other obligations do States have with respect to landmines? (CCW, Art. 1 [7]; CCW Amended Protocol II, Art.1(2), 10 [8]; Technical Annex to Amended Protocol II 1, 2 [9]; Ottawa Convention, Art. 5 [10]; CIHL, Rules 81 [11], 82 [12], 83 [13])
5. Do non-state armed groups that are parties to the conflict have demining obligations under IHL? What is the legal basis for the obligations of the SPLM-N with regard to demining? (CIHL, Rule 83 [13]; CCW Amended Protocol II , Art.10 [14])
6. What is the role of the third States and international or regional organizations in the mine clearance process? Do third States have a duty to co-operate? In your opinion, did the broad range of actors involved facilitate the fulfilment of the State’s obligations towards demining under IHL? (CCW Protocol II, Article 9 [15])
Source URL: https://ihl-in-action.icrc.org/case-study/sudan-neutralisation-and-removal-landmines
[1] http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article57768
[2] https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/dms/OCHA_Sudan_Humanitarian_Bulletin_Issue_05_%2826_February_-_18_March_2018%29.pdf
[3] http://genevacall.org/sudan-sudan-peoples-liberation-movement-north-neutralizes-211-stockpiled-anti-personnel-mines/
[7] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=396EB56361F2E5E3C12563CD0051ECA4
[8] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=478F3A498F2A87C9C12563FB00611D9C
[9] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=D3092DFD230C9008C12563FB00611DA1
[10] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=15F2122CE372154E41256585003E735C
[14] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/ihl/INTRO/575
[15] https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&amp;documentId=D0B5A058C86D444DC12563CD0051EECF