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The United States is a Party to the: (1) CCW; (2) CCW Protocol I; (3) CCW AmendedMines Protocol; (4) CCW Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons; (5) CCW Protocol IV onBlinding Laser Weapons; and (6) CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. The UnitedStates deposited its instrument of ratification to the CCW and accepted Protocols I and II onMarch 25, 1995. The United States provided notification of its consent to be bound by the CCWAmended Mines Protocol on May 24, 1999. The United States deposited its instrument ofratification to the Amendment to Article 1 of the CCW, and provided notification of its consentto be bound by Protocols III, IV, and V, on January 21, 2009.19.21.1.1 CCW Amended Scope of Application. For the United States, the CCWand its Protocols apply to non-international armed conflict. 237On December 21, 2001, Parties to the CCW adopted an amendment to Article 1 of theCCW that modified the application of the CCW and Protocols I, II, III, and IV to apply to noninternationalarmed conflicts. 238 The CCW Amended Mines Protocol and CCW Protocol V onExplosive Remnants of War also apply to non-international armed conflicts. 239The amended scope of the CCW does not prejudice additional protocols to the CCWadopted after January 1, 2002, which may apply, exclude, or modify the scope of theirapplication in relation to Article 1 of the CCW. 240The United States deposited its instrument of ratification to the amendment to Article 1 ofthe CCW on January 21, 2009. 241U.S. policy before the entry into force for the United States of the amendment to Article 1of the CCW was to apply the CCW, Protocol I, Protocol II, and CCW Protocol IV on BlindingLaser Weapons to non-international armed conflict. At the time of the deposit of U.S.instruments of ratification of the CCW, CCW Protocol I, and CCW Protocol II, the United Statesdeclared its intent to apply the provisions of those instruments to all armed conflicts referred toin Articles 2 and 3 of the GPW, i.e., both international and non-international armed conflicts. 242237 Refer to § 17.2.1.1 (Treaties That Have Provisions That Explicitly Apply to NIAC).238 Amendment to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional WeaponsWhich May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects – Overview, 3, MESSAGE FROMTHE PRESIDENT TRANSMITTING AP III, CCW AMENDED ARTICLE 1, AND CCW PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVEREMNANTS OF WAR 9 (“By its terms, this paragraph means that the amended scope provision automatically appliesto CCW Protocols I, II, III, and IV.”).239 Refer to § 17.2.1.1 (Treaties That Have Provisions That Explicitly Apply to NIAC).240 CCW AMENDED art. 1 (“The provisions of paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article shall not prejudice additionalProtocols adopted after January 1, 2002, which may apply, exclude or modify the scope of their application inrelation to this Article.”).241 2562 UNTS 39 (RATIFICATION United States of America Deposit of instrument with the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations: 21 January 2009).242 United States, Statement on Ratification of the CCW, Accepting Protocols I & II, Mar. 24, 1995, 1861 UNTS 482,482-83 (“The United States declares, with reference to the scope of application defined in Article 1 of theConvention, that the United States will apply the provisions of the Convention, Protocol I, and Protocol II to allarmed conflicts referred to in Articles 2 and 3 common to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of WarVictims of August 12, 1949.”).1166