land mine
Let an agent explain land mines as a weapon category and humanitarian problem, relay the treaty framework, casualty data and demining from humanitarian and legal sources, describe historical development in general, route people in mined areas or affected by mines to safety information and support organisations, and decline operational, construction or emplacement detail.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain land mines as a weapon category and humanitarian problem, relay the treaty framework, casualty data and demining from humanitarian and legal sources, describe historical development in general, route people in mined areas or affected by mines to safety information and support organisations, and decline operational, construction or emplacement detail.
An explosive device concealed on or under the ground and designed to detonate when a person or vehicle passes over or near it, classified as anti-personnel mines, including blast and fragmentation types and directional mines such as the Claymore, and anti-tank or anti-vehicle mines, together with scatterable mines delivered by aircraft or artillery; land mines remain active long after conflicts, causing civilian casualties, and are restricted by the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines and by the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, with humanitarian demining a major international effort; described here at the level of public reference sources without operational detail.
What it is for: Not applicable; a weapon category.
It can be explain the category; relay treaties and humanitarian data; describe demining and support; decline operational detail.
Distinguishing features
Victim-activated
Long persistence
Civilian harm
Treaty restrictions
What it looks like
Small buried or surface-laid devices, varied in shape and often hard to see.
Physical character
Ottawa Treaty adopted: 1997 year - in force 1999
states parties: over 160 count
annual casualties: thousands count - Landmine Monitor, mostly civilians
How it is recognised
Concealed victim-activated explosive device
Anti-personnel blast and fragmentation mines, directional mines, anti-tank mines, scatterable mines
Improvised explosive devices are not standard mines; unexploded ordnance is abandoned munition; naval mines are at sea
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is restricted by - banning anti-personnel mines
is addressed by - and mine action
is contrasted with - abandoned munitions
In practice
Families and kinds
anti-personnel blast mines
anti-personnel fragmentation and bounding mines
directional fragmentation mines such as the Claymore
anti-tank and anti-vehicle mines
scatterable and remotely delivered mines
historical mine types named in the registry aliases
Standards and regulation
Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons Amended Protocol II
International Mine Action Standards
International humanitarian law
Failure modes and hazards
Agents providing construction, emplacement or operational detail
Civilian casualties and long-term contamination
Presenting contested treaty positions as settled
Also called
+115
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Safety first.
Safety.
Danger
Mined areas.
Danger
Danger.
- What do mine action organisations advise people in or near suspected mined areas, in general terms, such as stopping, retracing steps and contacting authorities? action
- Is the user in or near a suspected mined area now, which needs local authorities and mine action services? boundary
Survivors
Survivor support.
Survivors
Survivors.
- What support exists for mine survivors and affected communities? provenance
- Is the presentation routing to support organisations? boundary
Understand What land mines are.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and types.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a land mine, and how do anti-personnel, directional, anti-tank and scatterable mines differ in public reference terms? definition
- Is the question about the category in general or about operational, construction or emplacement matters the model does not cover? boundary
Harm
Humanitarian impact.
Harm
Harm.
- Why do mines cause civilian harm long after conflicts, and which countries are most affected, as Landmine Monitor reports? definition
- Which entry fits the specific country? action
Law Treaties and mine action.
Regulation.
Treaties
Treaties.
Treaties
Treaties.
- What do the Ottawa Treaty and CCW Protocol II require, and which states have not joined, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Demining
Demining.
Demining
Demining.
- How does humanitarian demining work, in general terms, from survey to clearance and land release? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and debate.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did land mines develop and spread through 20th-century conflicts, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of land mines? action
Debate
Debate.
Debate
Debate.
- What debates surround the ban, recent withdrawals or non-accession, and new mine use, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should the Ottawa Treaty and mine action be separate primary entries?
- How should humanitarian sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific mine models; should they be split off?