The Convention on Cluster Munitions is a humanitarian imperative-driven legal instrument which prohibits all use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions. In addition, it establishes a framework for cooperation and assistance to ensure adequate assistance to survivors and their communities, clearance of contaminated areas, risk reduction https://exam.pscnotes.com/Education“>Education and destruction of stockpiles.
The cluster convention ejects explosive bombs that are designed to kill personnel, destroy vehicles and critical like power lines, disperse chemical/biological weapons, etc.
123 states have joined the Convention, with 110 states that have ratified it, and 13 states have signed the Convention but not yet ratified it. (As of 10thFebruary 2022).
Russia and Ukraine are not signatories to this convention.