To Walk without Fear The Global Movement to Ban Landmines

by Cameron, Maxwell A.; Tomlin, Brian W.; Lawson, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780195414141
• ISBN10: 0195414144
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

To Walk Without Fear is a comprehensive and authoritative account of theglobal movement to ban landmines. It brings together leading academics, seniorpolicy makers, and prominent leaders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) toexamine and draw lessons from the "Ottawa Process" that culminated in December1997 when over 120 states signed a convention to ban the use, sale, andproduction of landmines.An essay by Nobel laureate Jody Williams and Steve Goose, of the InternationalCampaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), describes how a global coalition of NGOs ledthe world toward a ban on landmines, while a chapter by the Canadian diplomatswho orchestrated the "Ottawa Process" takes the reader behind the scenes intothe diplomatic arm-wrestling that resulted in Canada's leadership role.International specialists offer assessments of the military utility of mines(retired General Robert Gard), their humanitarian consequences (Alex Vines), therole of the Red Cross (Stuart Maslen), landmine victims (Jerry White and KenRutherford), national ban campaigns (including Valerie Warmington and MaryWarham), the problems of mine clearance (Don Hubert), and interpretations of thelegal text of the treaty (Thomas Hajnoczi and Deborah Chatsis). Academicspecialists analyze the policy process and negotiations, explore the politicaleconomy of mines, identify the implications of the treaty for the development ofinternational humanitarian norms, democratization, and civil society, andCanada's Minister of Foreign Affairs (Lloyd Axworthy) draws lessons from theOttawa Process for other policy issues.The book resulted from an unusual collaboration between universities,governments, and nongovernmental organizations which developed in tandem withthe negotiation process itself. Chapters were developed through a series ofpolicy workshops, a seminar series, intensive focus-group discussions withgovernment officials and NGO members, and a "lessons learned" exercise thatbrought together over 200 NGO and government participants immediately after thesigning of the convention. As a result, the book provides a rich source of newinformation and analyses. It will be both timely and of enduring value topolicy makers interested in drawing lessons from the Ottawa Process, tonon-governmental organizations interested in replicating its results in otherareas, to academic specialists and students interested in foreign policy andinternational affairs, and to the general public seeking an accessible andreadable account of one of the most significant global movements in recentyears.

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Abbreviations

To Walk Without Fear

The Global Movement for a Ban

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines

The Canadian Campaign

The French Campaign

The South African Campaign

The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross

The Role of the Landmine Survivors Network

The Crisis of Anti-Personnel Mines

The Military Utility of Anti-Personnel Mines

The International Response

The Ottawa Process and the International Movement to Ban Anti-Personnel Mines

On a Fast Track to a Ban: The Canadian Policy Process

Rhetoric and Policy realities in the United States

Europe and the Ottawa Process

Harnessing Change for Continuity: The Play of Political and Economic Forces Behind the Ottawa Process

The Ban Treaty

The Challenge of Humanitarian Mine Clearance

Legacies of the Ottawa Process

Compliance with International Norms and the Mines Taboo

(Re)presenting Landmines from Protector to Enemy: The Discursive Framing of New Multilateralism

Negotiating in the ottawa Process

Democratization of Foreign Policy: The Ottawa Process as a Model

Towards a New Multilateralism

List of Signatories to and Ratifications of the Ottawa Convention

The Ottawa Convention

Index

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