CCWC along with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) serves as an umbrella for protocols dealing with specific weapons.[citation needed] The Convention and its annexed Protocols apply in all types of armed conflict, both international and non-international. This was not the case when the convention was first adopted, but the scope was expanded by two conferences in 1996 and 2001. Some provisions also apply after open hostilities has ended, such as the rules in protocols II and V about minimizing the dangers from mines and other ordnance.[1]