The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the so-called Oslo Convention, was initiated by a political declaration adopted at the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munition (CM) in February 2007. A total of 46 countries, including the Czech Republic, agreed to conclude a legally binding international instrument by the end of 2008 to prohibit the use, production, transfer and storage of cluster munitions. The CCM was negotiated in Dublin on 30 May 2008 and opened for signature in Oslo on 3 December 2008, with the Czech Republic among its first signatories. The CCM entered into force on 1 August 2010 and the Czech Republic became a party to the CCM on 1 March 2012. In accordance with its commitments, the Czech Army has phased out cluster munitions and disposed of its remaining stockpiles in 2011.  

The CCM commits the Parties not to use, research and develop, manufacture or otherwise acquire, stockpile, possess or transfer cluster munitions, but does not preclude cooperation with non-Parties. The CCM explicitly excludes mines from its scope. The CCM obliges the Parties to remove cluster munitions from their arsenals and to destroy them within eight years after the entry into force of the Treaty for that Party. Territories contaminated by cluster munitions must be cleared of unexploded cluster munitions within ten years after the entry into force of the treaty for that Party. The CCM includes provisions for assistance to victims of cluster munitions, international cooperation and assistance, reporting on national measures to implement the treaty, monitoring compliance with the treaty, national implementation measures, dispute settlement, and the organisation of Meetings of the Parties and Review Conferences.

Despite the deteriorated international political and security situation, Czechia considers the CCM to be an important tool for the practical implementation of the principles of international humanitarian law and the prevention of economic damage in cluster munition areas. 

More information on the CCM website.