Explosive Remnants of War

Confirmation of the Rules of Procedure

Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

Mines and explosive remnants of war

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Reducing the ERW problem

ERW clearance in theatre

In their efforts to reduce the impacts of these ERW the Coalition Munitions Clearance program continues to undertake very significant reduction and disposal efforts which are making a substantial dent in the numbers of ERW present.

Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Explosive remnants of war Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War

Landmines and other explosive remnants of war

The Mandate of the Working Group on ERW

International Humanitarian Law and ERW

The Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War has provided a partial remedy to reduce the dangers of ERW (including unexploded submunitions) after the end of the fighting.

Humanitarian threat posed by ERW

ERW bad luck or bad intent

By the Chairperson of the Meeting of the Military and Technical Experts on ERW

List of relevant categories and types of munitions

By the Chairperson of the Meetings of the Military and Technical Experts

Prepared by the Chairperson of the Meeting of Military and Technical Experts on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)

It's full of history, and also full of underground bunkers and ruins from the war.

The ERW mandate gave a clear mission and discussions were held several times.

Research on explosive remnants of war, such as cluster munitions, is planned in the near future.

Item 1 of the agenda for the Meeting of the Military Experts on ERW (CCW GGE X WG.1 1)

The United Kingdom recognises that all explosive munitions are capable of becoming Explosive Remnants of War.

The aim of this paper is to provide a field perspective on the threat posed by ERW in Iraq and to offer suggestions on how ongoing efforts of the meeting of Military Experts may be focused to further reduce the threat from ERW.

What measures have been taken by your State to implement those existing principles of international humanitarian law that are considered by your State as relevant to the use of munitions to prevent them from becoming ERW?

Psychologically traumatized by the war, Afghan children had come to believe that they were unlikely to survive beyond the age of 15.

This paper has been prepared at the request of the Chairperson of the Meeting of Military Experts on Explosive Remnants of War as an amplification to the presentation on ERW A View from An Operational Theatre given by the Australian Delegation during the 12th Meeting of the Group of Government Experts.

The aim is to prevent submunitions from becoming explosive remnants of war, which constitute real risk factors for civilian populations once conflicts end.

The Forgotten Side of the War on Terrorism

Within Iraq there is a very wide range of ERW representing the complete range of munition types including

Paper CCW GGE XII WG.1 WP.11 presented during the Meeting of Military Experts on ERW.

(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine action capacities

Prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Anti personnel landmines and explosive remnants of war inflicted death and injury around the world.

To offend against the third ground of prohibition the ERW effect of a weapon would have to be truly extraordinary.

The propensity of a weapon system to produce a large number of ERW would be a feature of this analysis.

(b) Explosive remnants of war

The mandate tasked the Working Group on ERW to further study possible preventive measures aimed at improving the design of certain specific type of munitions, including submunitions, with a view to minimize the humanitarian risk of these munitions becoming explosive remnants of war.

Weapons that produce a large number of ERW do, however, have at least the potential to offend against the second ground of prohibition.

He was left all through the war.

(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine action capacities

(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine action capacities

Half a century after the Second World War, Poland has still to cope with the wartime heritage of killing and maiming landmines and other ordnance.