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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The US Remains the Exception on Land Mines | Defense One | July 13, 2022. | Ursala Knudsen-Latta
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Craft-produced firearm used to assassinate Shinzo Abe | Armament Research Services | July 8, 2022. | Patrick Senft
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Shinzo Abe’s assassination and firearm control in Japan | Action on Armed Violence | July 8, 2022. | Iain Overton
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Biden Reverts to Obama-Era Landmines Policy | Arms Control Today | 2022 | Daryl G. Kimball
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Declaration Limiting Explosive Weapons Advances | Arms Control Today | July/August 2022 | Jeff Abramson
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Ukraine: “Children”: The attack on the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine | Amnesty International | June 30, 2022. | Brian Castner
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FGC-9 3D-printed firearm seized in Western Australia | Armament Research Services | June 14, 2022. | Patrick Senft
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Mine Action in Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Challenges and Opportunities | Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction | June 7, 2022. | Markus Schindler
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The White Power Mercenaries Fighting For the Lost Cause Around the World | Time | June 1, 2022. | Brian Castner
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Disconnect: the United States, the Arms Trade, Humanitarian Disarmament, and the Summit for Democracy | Forum on the Arms Trade | May 17, 2022. | Jeff Abramson
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Comment la Belgique peut arrêter les robots tueurs | Le Soir | May 9, 2022. | Lode Dewaegheneire
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Cluster Munitions Use in Ukraine Spurs U.S. Debate | Arms Control Today | May 2022 | Jeff Abramson
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Russian PTKM-1R Top-attack Anti-vehicle Mine Documented in Ukraine | Armament Research Services | April 27, 2022. | Patrick Senft
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Explosive Violence Monitor: 2021 | Action on Armed Violence | 2021 | Iain Overton
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Arms Trade Rising in Europe, Other Regions | Arms Control Today | April 2022 | Jeff Abramson
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New Report: Abandoned Africa? Canada's Funding for Mine Action in Africa | Mines Action Canada | 2022 | Erin Hunt
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West Rushes Weapons to Ukraine | Arms Control Today | April 2022 | Jeff Abramson
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In Sending Weapons to Ukraine We Must Not Forget the Lessons of History | Byline Times | March 14, 2022. | Iain Overton
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The US’s hypocritical criticism of Russia for deploying ‘exceptional lethal weaponry | Responsible Statecraft | March 4, 2022. | Jeff Abramson
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Ensuring access to mental health and psychosocial support in conflict, post-conflict and humanitarian settings | and RED-LAT | 2022 | Wanda Muñoz
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Russian 3B30 submunitions documented in Ukraine | Armament Research Services | March 1, 2022. | N.R. Jenzen-Jones, Patrick Senft
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Identifying the Drone-Launched Munitions Used in Ethiopian Air Strikes | Citizen Evidence Lab - Amnesty International | February 14, 2022. | Brian Castner
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After The Bombing Podcast, Episode 1: The impact of bombs on the human body | INEW | February 10, 2022. | Alma Taslidžan
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The Ugly Face of War: How Technology is Set to Change the Battlefield | Byline Times | February 7, 2022. | Iain Overton
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Civil Society Coalitions and the Humanitarian Campaigns to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions | International Human Rights. Springer | 2022 | Loren Persi
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