MBT Treaty Text

The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (also known as Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Ottawa Convention, or Mine Ban Treaty) is the cornerstone of the international effort to end the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines.

The so-called Ottawa Process, was a “bold gamble” that paid off largely as a result of the advocacy work of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the International Committee of the Red Cross working in partnership with a core group of States that were equally committed to a ban on anti-personnel mines. This process ultimately resulted in the adoption of the Convention on 18 September 1997 in Oslo, Norway.

Signing of the Convention began on 3-4 December 1997 in Ottawa, Canada, remaining open until the Convention entered into force on 1 March 1999.