Meeting the challenge
Subtitle: protecting civilians through the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781564327116
Subjects: Cluster bombs (International law); Civilian war casualties; Convention on Cluster Munitions; War victims
Other titles: Protecting civilians through the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Notes: "This report was written by Bonnie Docherty, senior researcher in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch"--Page 224.

"November 2010"--Page following title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available through the Human Rights Watch Web site in PDF format.
Table of contents: title: The technological evolution and early proliferation and use of cluster munitions; title: A decade of cluster munition use: recent case studies documented by Human Rights Watch; title: Production, transfer, and stockpiling; title: The need for post-conflict measures: clearance, risk education, and victim assistance; title: Initial international efforts to govern cluster munitions; title: From regulation to ban: national measures to govern cluster munitions; title: The Oslo process; title: The Convention on Cluster Munitions; title: Resistance to a cluster munition ban; title: Final steps: universalization, implementation, and interpretation; title: Appendices. The path to an absolute ban on cluster munitions. Quick reference guide to the major cluster munitions and submunitions used since 1999. State practice regarding cluster munitions. The Convention on Cluster Munitions. Key elements of effective national legislation to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions.