Legislation

Developing Mine Action Legislation - A Guide (March 2006) Latest edition Publication No. 44 DOWNLOAD Chinese PDF 1.5MB English PDF 498KB Lao PDF 3.4MB Vietnamese PDF 1.2MB AVAILABLE FOR ORDER Chinese Hardcopy English Hardcopy Lao Hardcopy Vietnamese Hardcopy Chinese, English, Lao and Vietnamese CD (Study and Guide in all languages also included)

This document is intended to assist governments, mine action professionals and others to develop national legislation to coordinate and regulate “mine action“ in a country affected by landmines and/or unexploded ordnance (UXO). It identifies the principal elements to be included in such a law and the issues which should be considered in its preparation. The information in this document is based upon the conclusions and recommendations of A Study of National Mine Action Legislation

A Study of the Development of National Mine Action Legislation (November 2004) Publication No. 30 DOWNLOAD English PDF 1.7MB AVAILABLE FOR ORDER See above

This summary takes account of case studies of national mine action legislation conducted in 2001–2002, and other norms and standards, particularly decrees, rules and regulations, adopted in Afghanistan.

Developing Mine Action Legislation - A Guide (August 2003) Old edition Publication No. 20 DOWNLOAD Arabic PDF 1.6MB English PDF 339KB French PDF 538KB Russian PDF 1MB Spanish PDF 394KB Turkish PDF 559KB AVAILABLE FOR ORDER Russian Hardcopy  Spanish Hardcopy  CD (see above)