Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
- 01Criterion
Direct Cross-Border Import of Anti-Personnel Mines
Defined as: Entities that knowingly cause or legally control the entry of operational anti-personnel mines into a country and are identified as the importer, consignee, recipient, or responsible importing party.
- 02Criterion
Import Brokers or Dealers With Import Responsibility
Defined as: Licensed intermediaries that arrange the cross-border entry and customs or regulatory import of operational anti-personnel mines for a government, armed force, reseller, or other recipient. Brokering a sale or transfer without an import role is insufficient.
- 03Criterion
Official Records Establishing an Import Role
Defined as: Entities identified by customs, defence, sanctions, enforcement, or procurement records as the importer, consignee, or recipient of a specific cross-border anti-personnel-mine shipment. A broad procurement record without cross-border entry is insufficient.
- 04Criterion
Import of Dedicated Components for Operational Mine Assembly
Defined as: Entities that knowingly cause or legally control the cross-border entry of fuzes, triggers, pressure plates, mine kits, or other components specifically designed or materially modified for assembly into operational anti-personnel mines.
- 05Criterion
Contractual Responsibility for Anti-Personnel-Mine Import
Defined as: Entities whose government-to-government, military, or commercial contract expressly assigns responsibility for bringing anti-personnel mines or dedicated assemblies into the destination country.
- 06Criterion
Corroborated Import Evidence From Authoritative Monitors
Defined as: Entities for which an NGO, treaty monitor, UN body, government record, sanctions or enforcement record, or other authoritative investigation provides an exact legal-entity, product, import, and time attribution concerning treaty-defined anti-personnel mines, and the assertion is corroborated by a primary source or another independent authoritative source. List membership or a combined controversial-weapons list alone is insufficient.
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
- 01Criterion
Import of Anti-Vehicle or Command-Only Devices Without a Victim-Activated Mode
Defined as: Entities that import only anti-vehicle mines or command-detonated explosive devices that require deliberate human activation and have no available mode triggered by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person. Sensor technology, remote delivery, self-destruction, self-neutralization, or self-deactivation does not by itself place a victim-activated mine outside the treaty definition.
- 02Criterion
Importers of Non-Explosive or Inert Devices
Defined as: Companies importing deactivated, inert, or training-specific mines with no capacity for detonation.
- 03Criterion
Demining Equipment Importers
Defined as: Entities importing equipment used for mine clearance, disposal, or detection.
- 04Criterion
General Logistics and Freight Companies
Defined as: Shipping or customs agents handling transportation without knowledge, control, or legal responsibility for mine imports.
- 05Criterion
Historical-Only Import
Defined as: Entities with verified past import of operational anti-personnel mines or the applicable outside-definition devices, where reliable evidence establishes that the qualifying activity has fully ceased, been divested, transferred, dismantled, terminated, or otherwise ended and no current qualifying involvement remains. Historical-only activity does not qualify as current involvement. Preserve the historical record separately with the activity period, effective cessation or transfer date, relevant entity, product, programme, facility, or contract, and supporting evidence. Absence of recent evidence alone is not sufficient to establish cessation.
- 06Criterion
Importers of Dual-Use Components (No Weapon Assembly)
Defined as: Entities importing general-purpose items (e.g., mechanical triggers, casings) not demonstrably used in operational anti-personnel mines.
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Other screens under Anti-Personnel Mines (Treaty Definition)
Anti-Personnel Mines Production
6 included · 7 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Export
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Transfer
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Transportation
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Development
7 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Assembly
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Repair
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Stockpiling, Storage, Possession and Retention
5 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Use
7 included · 5 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Promotion
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Sale
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Distribution
6 included · 6 excluded
Anti-Personnel Mines Acquisition and Procurement
6 included · 6 excluded