Division 2.3.2 Project description

A High Level Task Force on the universalisation of the Convention will be supported by the ISU, including support for high-level personalities to engage with the leaders of up to six States not parties to the Convention. Task Force members will participate in up to two other events to draw attention to ongoing efforts to universalise and implement the Convention.

A study on border security without anti-personnel mines will be produced by the ISU, working with those having expertise in this area and building on work carried out by the ICRC in the mid-1990s. A study report will be made accessible in various ways, including translation, production of summaries, production of materials in accessible formats, etc.

Universalisation workshops, in up to three instances, will be organised by the ISU, in collaboration with key actors such as the ICBL and the Coordinator of the Convention’s informal Universalisation Contact Group. Those workshops will take place at the national, sub-regional or regional levels to promote the Convention amongst States and to assist States not parties to the Convention in addressing real or perceived barriers to accession, particularly by making use of the study report on border security without anti-personnel mines.