When Security Prevails: Lithuania Votes to Withdraw from the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Abstract

Lithuania’s denunciation of the CCM was swift and lacked any substantial public or expert debate, either among NGOs or academia. The debate that did occur was first and foremost driven by security concerns. What is more worrying is that after a successful vote to withdraw from the CCM, there is now also talk of the need to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Landmines (Ottawa) Convention.