The Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions to negotiate a new instrument of international humanitarian law banning cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians is currently taking place in Dublin, Ireland.
This will be a critical stage in the process which started in Oslo in February 2007.
Signatories of the 'Oslo Declaration' committed themselves to conclude by 2008 a legally binding international instrument that will prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.
In March this year, 82 states signed a follow-up declaration in Wellington, New Zealand.
Reinhilde Weidacher, Ethix Senior Analyst, will discuss the challenge for investors stemming from the international debate and expected new convention.
For more information, contact Reinhilde Weidacher or Eamon Surry.
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