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6.12.3 Definition of “Other Devices” Similar to Mines. “Other devices” in the CCWAmended Mines Protocol means manually emplaced munitions and devices, includingimprovised explosive devices, designed to kill, injure, or damage, and which are actuatedmanually, by remote control, or automatically after a lapse of time. 249“Other devices” do not include munitions and devices that are not manually emplaced,such as munitions that are remotely delivered.“Other devices” do not include hand grenades. 250regulated as booby traps. 251However, trip-wired hand grenades are6.12.4 Prohibited Classes of Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices. Certain types ofmines, booby-traps, and other devices are prohibited. These types include:• mines, booby-traps, and other devices calculated to cause superfluous injury; 252• mines, booby-traps, and other devices specifically designed to detonate during detectionoperations; 253• self-deactivating mines with anti-handling devices designed to function after the mine’soperation; 254• non-detectable anti-personnel mines; 255• remotely delivered mines without compliant self-destruction and self-deactivationmechanisms; 256Article 2 of the CCW Amended Mines Protocol] is understood to include, for example, a hand-grenade whenattached to a door and rigged to explode when the door opens, as well as devices designed in advance to function asbooby-traps.”).249 CCW AMENDED MINES PROTOCOL art. 2(5) (“‘Other devices’ means manually-emplaced munitions and devicesincluding improvised explosive devices designed to kill, injure or damage and which are actuated manually, byremote control or automatically after a lapse of time.”).250 United States, Statement on Consent to Be Bound by the CCW Amended Mines Protocol, May 24, 1999, 2065UNTS 128, 130 (“For the purposes of the Amended Mines Protocol, the United States understands that - … (C)none of the provisions of the Amended Mines Protocol, including Article 2 (5), applies to hand grenades other thantrip-wired hand grenades.”).251 Refer to § 6.12.2 (Definition of Booby-Trap).252 Refer to § 6.12.4.1 (Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices Calculated to Cause Superfluous Injury).253 Refer to § 6.12.4.2 (Mines, Booby-Traps, and Other Devices Specifically Designed to Detonate During DetectionOperations).254 Refer to § 6.12.4.3 (Self-Deactivating Mines With Anti-Handling Devices Designed to Function After the Mine’sOperation).255 Refer to § 6.12.4.4 (Non-Detectable Anti-Personnel Mines).256 Refer to § 6.12.4.5 (Remotely Delivered Anti-Personnel Mines Not in Compliance With Self-Destruction andSelf-Deactivation Requirements).361

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