Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunitions (‘bomblets’) over an area, was adopted on this day in 2008 in Dublin. It was opened for signature on December 3 the same year in Oslo.
CCM, which also established a framework to support victim assistance, clearance of contaminated sites, risk reduction education, and stockpile destruction, entered into force on August 1, 2010, six months after it was ratified by 30 states. As of February 2022, a total of 123 states have committed to the goal of the Convention, with 110 states ratifying it, and 13 states have signed the Convention but not yet ratified it.
-ENCL
Photo Caption –Ban Advocates from Afghanistan and Ethiopia demonstrating during the May 2008 Dublin conference –stopclusterbombs.ie