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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From War Crimes to Drug-Running Claims – UK’s Special Forces’ Revered History of Honour and Heroism is in Tatters | Byline Times | April 15, 2024. | Iain Overton
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Lavender Haze: AI and the bombing of civilians in Gaza | Mines Action Canada | April 10, 2024. | Erin Hunt
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Mechanical Mine Clearance in Ukraine's Liberated Areas: Paving the Way for Returning Communities and Economic Development | April 4 | April 4, 2024. | Markus Schindler
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US Cluster Munition Transfers Raise Humanitarian Concerns | Disarmament Dialogue | April 4, 2024. | Sera Koulabdara
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After the Blast; Mapping environmental risks from explosive weapons in Ukrainian towns and cities | PAX | April 2024 | Roos Boer
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Localization in Mine Action: Where the Possible Meets the Necessary | Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction | March 28, 2024. | Markus Schindler
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Ukraine's vaunted 'bread basket' soil is now toxic | Responsible Statecraft | February 29, 2024. | Sera Koulabdara
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Civil-military what?! Making sense of conflicting civil-military concepts | Brown University | 2024 | Henrique Garbino
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On Activism, Feminist Self-Care, and Autonomous Weapons | Peru por el Desarme | January 24, 2024. | Wanda Muñoz
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Challenges posed by Autonomous Weapons Systems and Ways to Address Them: a perspective from Latin American academia and civil society. Contributions to the United Nations Secretary-General's Report on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems | Perú por el Desarme | May 16, 2024. | Jesús Martínez, Wanda Muñoz, Gisela Luján Andrade
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Fifty Years of Living with America’s Unexploded Bombs | Zocalo | December 21, 2023. | Sera Koulabdara
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Una guerra sin códigos | Perfil | December 2, 2023. | Maria Pia Devoto
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Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Residual Contamination Management | Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) | December 2023 | Katrin Atkins
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Strengthening Data Collection on Civilian Harm from the Use of Explosive Weapons | Explosive Weapons Monitor Quarterly | Volume 1, No. 2 | Loren Persi
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Cluster Munitions & Submunitions in Syria: A Technical Appraisal | Special Report 5 | November 29, 2023. | N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Patrick Senft
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The British army trains cadets from at least eight countries that have had recent military coups | AOAV | November 27, 2023. | Iain Overton
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Explosives Act and Existing Challenges | self-published | November 22, 2023. | Purna Shova Chitrakar
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War in the breadbasket: Landmines and food security in Ukraine | SIPRI | November 16, 2023. | Henrique Garbino
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Landmine Monitor 2023 | International Campaign to Ban Landmines | November 14, 2023. | Loren Persi
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A Decade of Mass Civilian Casualty Events from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) | AOAV | November 9, 2023. | Iain Overton
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Click of fate: The landmine myth uncovered | Defence and Security Middle East | November 07, 2023. | Markus Schindler
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First Committee Monitor: Volume 21, No. 5 | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 21, No. 5 | Katherine Young, Matthew Breay Bolton, Erin Hunt, Ray Acheson, Laura Varella
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Is the Tide Turning on US Cluster Bombs? | Inkstick | November 3, 2023. | Ursala Knudsen-Latta
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Lessons from mine action: integrated care for civilians in conflict | The Lancet | October 21, 2023. | Hannah Wild
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First Committee Monitor: Volume 21, No. 2 | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 21, No. 2 | Katherine Young, Matthew Breay Bolton, Erin Hunt, Ray Acheson, Laura Varella
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