Commentary on Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons

Autor:	Markus C. Zöckler
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Convention Protocol (science) Blinding Battlefield law Political science International community Adversary Laser On-Protocol law.invention
Zdroj:	Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law. 1:333-340
ISSN:	1574-096X 1389-1359
DOI:	10.1017/s1389135900000209
Popis:	On the modern battlefield, lasers are employed for a variety of military tasks, including rangefinding, target designation, jamming or destruction of optical or electro-optical systems. Sweden and the ICRC, in particular, alerted the international community to the fact that many existing and currently developed laser systems might well be used to blind enemy combatants. They argued that intentional blinding causes unnecessary suffering and pushed for an international agreement which would explicitly prohibit the use of lasers for blinding as a method of warfare. More than 20 years after the first discussions about regulation of laser weapons, the Review Conference of States Parties to the UN Conventional Weapons Convention adopted Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons on 13 October 1995.
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