Review of the hardback: 'This compilation of selected ICRC documents has been able to bring to light the Committee's sustained hard work often away from publicity. It is a welcome addition to international humanitarian law literature.' International Studies

• Introduction; 1. From principles to rules: regulating mines up to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons; 2. The Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: an initial response to the landmine crisis; 3. The Ottawa process: from regional initiatives to an international prohibition of anti-personnel mines.

Review of the hardback: 'This compilation of selected ICRC documents has been able to bring to light the Committee's sustained hard work often away from publicity. It is a welcome addition to international humanitarian law literature.' International Studies

• Introduction; 1. From principles to rules: regulating mines up to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons; 2. The Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: an initial response to the landmine crisis; 3. The Ottawa process: from regional initiatives to an international prohibition of anti-personnel mines.

Review of the hardback: 'This compilation of selected ICRC documents has been able to bring to light the Committee's sustained hard work often away from publicity. It is a welcome addition to international humanitarian law literature.' International Studies

• Introduction; 1. From principles to rules: regulating mines up to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons; 2. The Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: an initial response to the landmine crisis; 3. The Ottawa process: from regional initiatives to an international prohibition of anti-personnel mines.