What Weapons Are Illegal In War?
Share on Facebook: http://testu.be/1uEn2Oj In war, some weapons are so dangerous that many countries are committed to banning them altogether. Yet these very weapons continue to be used in conflicts today, despite various treaties that prohibit them. So what weapons are illegal in war? And will these laws actually be upheld? Learn More: The UN Office at Geneva: The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons http://bit.ly/1waYTBa "The purpose of the Convention is to ban or restrict the use of specific types of weapons that are considered to cause unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering to combatants or to affect civilians indiscriminately." Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons http://bit.ly/1vUHsyV An amendment by the Convention on the use of illegal war weapons and its injurious effects. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction http://bit.ly/...