International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)

2012: THE ICBL'S 20TH BIRTHDAY

1993: Time Magazine Cover  story shows growing momentum on the issue

2012 marks 20 years since the creation of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, founded by six concerned NGOs in New York in 1992.

In its anniversary year the ICBL will challenge the international community to reinvigorate its commitment to reaching a mine-free world, and to put into action the means to achieving this aim within years, not decades.

Click our 20th anniversary logo on the left to visit our dedicated web page - read about the ICBL's history, keep up to date with events, view pictures, download materials and take part in the birthday celebration of this unique global campaign.

One million more mines to be destroyed as Finland becomes 159th nation to join landmine ban

More than one million antipersonnel landmines similar to this one - each one capable of taking a life or a limb - will be destroyed in Finland now they have joined the ban. (c) Tim Grant.

(Geneva, 12 January 2012): Finland has become the latest nation to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which comprehensively bans the use, production, trade, and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines.

Finland deposited its instrument of accession at the United Nations in New York on Monday 9 January 2012, the United Nations has announced.

YOU can help build a world free of landmines

By giving to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) you can be part of the Nobel Peace Prizewinning global movement to bring a full stop to the devastating damage landmines continue to cause all over the world.

Antipersonnel landmines claim victims in every corner of the globe each day. Lying in wait for their victims, they do not discriminate between the footfall of a soldier or that of a child, and remain a threat long after conflict ends.

Donate today and join the ICBL in calling for the devastation caused by mines to end in our lifetimes.

ICBL-CMC launches "Investing in Action" to support local campaigns in 2012

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) have launched ‘Investing in Action 2012’, a local campaign support project that will provide organisations with funding for campaign activities throughout 2012.

Are you in the U.S.? Donate to the ICBL and help us reach a mine free world this holiday season

Until the end of December 2011 U.S. Federal employees can help support the ICBL’s global campaign to reduce the devastating effect landmines have on thousands of communities as part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest workplace charity campaign.