Below is a collection of literature for further reading. Please note that the list is not meant to be exhaustive. The interpretations and conclusions offered in the various resources are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the States parties to Convention on Cluster Munitions, or the United Nations Development Programme.

Publications

From Words to Action: Catalogue of Best Practices on Cooperation and Assistance for the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Governments of Spain and Mexico, 2012
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Land Release and Cluster Munitions, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, (GICHD), April 2011
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GRO, Nystuen, CASEY-MASLEN, Stuart, The Convention on Cluster Munitions. A Commentary, Oxford Commentaries on International Law, 2010, 708p.

 

Meeting the Challenge: Protecting Civilians through the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch (HRW), 2010
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BORRIE, John, Unacceptable Harm- a history of how the treaty to ban cluster munitions was won, UNIDIR, 2009, 488p.

 

 

A Guide to Cluster Munitions, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), 2nd ed., 2009, 140p.
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Hazardous Ground Cluster Munitions in Lao PDR, National Regulatory Authority for UXO in Lao PDR (NRA), June 2009
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DUBE, Gugu, Negotiating the Convention on Cluster Munitions: The role of African States, ISS Paper 187, June 2009
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CROWTHER, Greg, Counting the Cost: The economic impact of cluster munition contamination in Lebanon, Landmine Action UK, May 2008
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The M85 report, an analysis of Reliability, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), 2007
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DULLUM, Ove, Cluster Weapons – military utility and alternatives, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), 2007
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Circle of impact: The Fatal Footprint of Cluster Munitions on People and Communities, Handicap International (HI), May 2007
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