• Cluster Bombs: Nations Reject Weakening of Global Ban
    Press release
    Nov 25, 2011

    An attempt by the United States and others to weaken the comprehensive ban on cluster munitions has failed. The effort by the US and other users and stockpilers of cluster munitions to create a new protocol to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) was rejected on November 25, 2011, in Geneva after more than 50 states said there was no consensus for adopting it.  

  • Statement on the Draft CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions
    Oral statement
    Nov 24, 2011

    Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch and chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), delivered a statement on the Draft CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions.

  • Statement on the Chair's Second Revised Draft CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions
    Oral statement
    Nov 23, 2011
    Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch and chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), delivered a statement on the Chair's Second Revised Draft CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions.
  • A Threat to International Law
    Commentary
    Nov 21, 2011

    The proposed CCW protocol poses a threat to the ban on cluster munitions that has been much discussed and should continue to be. But the problem does not end there. The proposed protocol would also have serious implications for international law.   

  • Statement on Chair's First Revised Draft CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions
    Oral statement
    Nov 21, 2011

    Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch and chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), delivered a statement on the Chair's First Revised Draft CCW Protocol on Cluster Munitions.

  • Where is the Evidence?
    Commentary
    Nov 18, 2011

    The belief that the draft Protocol VI would have an immediate and significant humanitarian impact requires a leap of faith. That is because little real evidence has been presented. There have been a lot of assertions, but very few facts.

  • General Statement at the Fourth Review Conference of the CCW
    Oral statement
    Nov 15, 2011
    Steve Goose, arms division director at Human Rights Watch and chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), delivered a statement during the General Exchange of Views at the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva.
  • The United States Aims Low on Cluster Munitions
    Commentary
    Nov 15, 2011
    Steve Goose, arms division Director at Human Rights Watch and chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), discusses the weaknesses of draft protocol VI (on cluster munitions) of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). The Fourth Review Conference of the CCW is held in Geneva from November 14-25, 2011.
  • From Good to Bad
    Memorandum
    Nov 13, 2011
    This memorandum to the delegates of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Fourth Review Conference analyses the draft protocol on cluster munitions, which will be discussed during a meeting in Geneva from November 14-25, 2011.
  • US/UN: Don't Back Off of Cluster Bomb Ban
    Press release
    Nov 11, 2011
    The United States and other countries that have not banned cluster munitions should stop trying to create a new international law explicitly permitting use of some of the weapons. A two-week conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), at which the weaker law will be discussed, will open on November 14, 2011, in Geneva.