Overview
The Meeting of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) will take place on 8 September 2025 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
On 16 June 2025, the CCW Implementation Support Unit circulated an aide-mémoire providing information on attending the 2025 Protocol V Meeting of Experts.
Participants at the meeting are invited to read and familiarize themselves with the Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment, at UN system events.
The meeting is broadcasted live on UN Web TV:
Monday 8 September - morning session
Monday 8 September - afternoon session
Documents
Provisional programme of work (21 August 2025)
Article 4 on recording, retaining and transmission of information and generic preventative measures
-Ms. Anna Shum, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), Enhancing Protocol V implementation through safe, secure and sustainable ammunition management
Thematic discussion on victim assistance
-Dr. Angela De Santis, Swiss Foundation for Demining (FSD), Empowering Survivors: FSD’s Long-Term Reintegration Strategies
-Ms. Lisa Anouk Müller-Dormann, Danish Refugee Council, Lessons learned from DRC’s victim assistance efforts on coordination, integration, analysis & partnership
Thematic discussion on clearance of explosive remnants of war and technical assistance
-Mr. Michael Heiman, APOPO, Accelerating Land Release through the use of Animal Detection System (ADS)
-Mr. Erik Tollefsen, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Innovation and Remote Sensing
-Ms. Stephanie Golda, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia, UXO Clearance as part of the Nauru Airport Resurfacing Project
-Ms. Radwa Rabie, GICHD, Prioritization frameworks for ERW clearance: challenges and new approaches