US/UN: Don't Back Off of Cluster Bomb Ban

The United States and other countries that have not banned cluster munitions should stop trying to create a new international law explicitly permitting use of some of the weapons. A two-week conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), at which the weaker law will be discussed, will open on November 14, 2011, in Geneva. (Geneva) – The United States and other countries that have not banned cluster munitions should stop trying to create a new international law explicitly permitting use of some of the weapons, Human Rights Watch said today. A two-week conference of the Convention…

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