So I have a SAC tomorrow and I'm learning everything now unfortunately ... like always (sigh). Can someone please let me know if this is a good enough answer (p.s. Reus, I just remembered I still have to read your essay, sorry everything has been hectic lately).
'Analyse the impact of one international law or treaty on your chosen issue [arms control and disarmament] in the 21st century. (7 marks)
The Ottawa Treaty has an objective of the cessation of all anti-personnel mines around the world since proclamation in 1999. Since proclamation, 161 states have ratified the treaty, although 35 states have not, including U.S.A, Russia and China, all of which are collecting huge stockpiles of A-P mines. Since 1999, 46 million anti-personnel mines have been destroyed which were stockpiled by signatory states. Since the treaties implementation, to date 83 states have declared no longer stockpiling anti-personnel mines, contributing to the overall goal of arms control and disarmament. Of those 83 states, 27 states did stockpile anti-personnel mines before ratifying the treaty. However, article 3 of the treaty states that signatory states can still have anti-personnel mines for training purposes of A-P mine clearance, so 72 estates still stockpile on average between 1,000 and 10,00 A-P mines, with only two states having over 10,000 stockpiled A-P mines in their inventory. Since proclamation, 25 states have declared being anti-personnel mine free countries, including Rwanda, Costa Rica etc.
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