Practice Relating to Rule 71. Weapons That Are by Nature Indiscriminate
In 1974, during discussions in the Ad Hoc Committee on Conventional Weapons established by the CDDH, Nigeria stated: “The wars of liberation … were being fought with conventional weapons, with the weaker side, particularly the freedom fighters, as the exclusive targets of … indiscriminate weapons.” Nigeria’s representative added that “his country was therefore anxious for restrictions to be imposed on such weapons”.