Landmines and Cluster Munitions

Landmines and cluster munitions (which disperse smaller submunitions) are considered indiscriminate weapons and have caused terrible harm to civilians, often years and decades after fighting concludes. They have been banned under the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions.

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Withdrawing from Mine Ban Treaty Would Be a Self-Inflicted Strategic Defeat for European Security | Inkstick | April 24, 2025. | Matthew Breay Bolton
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In the UK’s development of hypersonic weaponry, perhaps let’s not move too fast: a call for a public debate | Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) | April 8, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Trump’s new arms sales push: when profit trumps morality and what we must do about it | Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) | April 3, 2025. | Iain Overton
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ICBL Mission to Lithuania on Mine Ban Treaty | April 2 | April 2, 2025. | Tamar Gabelnick
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Humanity & Inclusion | HI Condemns Proposal to Withdraw from the Ottawa Convention by Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia | March 20, 2025. | Erin Hunt
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Mines Action Canada | Mines Action Canada | March 20, 2025. | Erin Hunt
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Norway | Government of Norway | March 20, 2025. | Erin Hunt
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Norwegian People's Aid | Norwegian People's Aid | March 20, 2025. | Erin Hunt
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Desafíos y avances en la implementación del Tratado de Comercio de Armas: Un llamado a la acción frente a las violaciones y la escalada de conflictos | Challenges and Progress in Implementing the Arms Trade Treaty: A Call to Action Against Violations and the Escalation of Armed Conflicts | March 19, 2025. | Maria Pia Devoto
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Desafíos y avances en la implementación del Tratado de Comercio de Armas: Un llamado a la acción frente a las violaciones y la escalada de conflictos | Challenges and Progress in Implementing the Arms Trade Treaty: A Call to Action Against Violations and the Escalation of Armed Conflicts | March 19, 2025. | Maria Pia Devoto
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Desafíos y avances en la implementación del Tratado de Comercio de Armas: Un llamado a la acción frente a las violaciones y la escalada de conflictos | Challenges and Progress in Implementing the Arms Trade Treaty: A Call to Action Against Violations and the Escalation of Armed Conflicts | March 19, 2025. | Maria Pia Devoto
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Desafíos y avances en la implementación del Tratado de Comercio de Armas: Un llamado a la acción frente a las violaciones y la escalada de conflictos | Challenges and Progress in Implementing the Arms Trade Treaty: A Call to Action Against Violations and the Escalation of Armed Conflicts | March 19, 2025. | Maria Pia Devoto
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five campaigns | HUMANITARIAN DISARMAMENT | March 19, 2025. | Erin Hunt
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February 27-28 Regional roundtable for SADC states on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas | Explosive weapons in populated areas — UNODA | February 27, 2025. | Alma Taslidžan, Laura Boillot
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Op-ed: America’s Second Amendment and unique relationship to guns has dark global consequences | Action on Armed Violence | January 27, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Predicting Even Less U.S. Arms Trade Restraint in 2025 | Looking Ahead 2025 blog | January 27, 2025. | Jeff Abramson
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Un mensaje peligroso | Perfil | December 28, 2024. | Maria Pia Devoto
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Manipur's 'Pumpi Guns:' Why Should We Care About Them? | Looking Ahead 2025 blog | December 11, 2024. | Monalisa Hazarika, Henrique Garbino
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The dangerous rise of “might makes right | Policy Options | December 11, 2024. | Erin Hunt
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Framing gun violence at the United Nations: a missed public health opportunity | Action on Armed Violence | December 10, 2024. | Iain Overton
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When Israel bombed British doctors using UK weapons | Declassified UK | November 26, 2024. | Iain Overton
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Improving Point of Injury Trauma Care for IED Victims | Small Arms Survey | November 25, 2024. | Hannah Wild
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Guidance kits for Mark 80 series air-delivered bombs | The Hoplite | November 11, 2024. | N.R. Jenzen-Jones
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Beyond Burning: The Ripple Effects of Incendiary Weapons and Increasing Calls for International Action | Human Rights Watch | November 7, 2024. | Bonnie Docherty
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December 2-3 Harms and Risks of AI in the Military | Harms and Risks of AI in the Military | November 7, 2024. | Lode Dewaegheneire, Branka Marijan, Wanda Muñoz
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