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Additional Protocol to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (Protocol IV, entitled Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons) (13 October 1995)
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Treaty status and participants
Participants
parties: 111 (as at Sep 30, 2026)
Place and date of signature
Vienna, 13 October 1995
Entry into force
30 July 1998, in accordance with article 2 of the Additional Protocol.
Registration
30 July 1998, No. 22495
Text
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1380, p. 370; Doc. CCW/CONF.I/16 Part I).
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At its 8 plenary meeting on 13 October 1995, the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects adopted pursuant to article 8.3 (b) of the Convention an additional Protocol entitled "Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV)".
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United Nations (UN)
Document type
treaty
Country
United Nations
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