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Press Release: Nobel Peace Laureate Campaign Denounces Taliban Use of Landmines in Pakistan's Swat Valley

Geneva, 20 May 2009 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) denounces recent use of antipersonnel landmines by the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. According to reports from the area including most recently from Human Rights Watch, an ICBL member, residents of Mingora, the epicenter of the fighting, have seen Taliban militants laying antipersonnel mines in the town.

(20/05/2009, last updated: 20/05/2009) Read more »

Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 25-29 May 2009, Geneva - Switzerland

In order to ensure the systematic and effective implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, four informal, open-ended Standing Committees meet once a year in Geneva, Switzerland. The meetings are open to governments (States Parties and states not party), relevant international organizations and NGOs.

(24/04/2009, last updated: 12/05/2009) Read more »

CMC Press Release - Cluster Bomb Ban Campaign Accepts Peace Prize in Ireland

(Tipperary, Ireland: 1 May 2009) - The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) today accepted the 2008 Tipperary International Peace Award in recognition of its successful five-year campaign to outlaw cluster bombs.

(04/05/2009, last updated: 04/05/2009) Read more »

Iran: Two Factions of the Komalah/Komala Party Declare Non-Use of Antipersonnel Mines

The "Komalah The Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party of Iran" and the "Komala Party of Kurdistan" declared they... (23/04/2009, last updated: 23/04/2009) Read more »

Kashmir: People's Tribunal requests Jammu & Kashmir government to determine the impact of landmines on local communities

An International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir, which held hearings in Indian Administered Kashmir in 2008 and earl... (23/04/2009, last updated: 23/04/2009) Read more »

Bangkok Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-East Asia, 1-3 April 2009

In the first week of April 2009, members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) gathered in Bangkok, Thailand to conduct advoca... (15/04/2009, last updated: 16/04/2009) Read more »

Press Release: Get Serious – States Must Join Landmine and Cluster Munition Ban Treaties

Geneva, 3 April 2009 - Global adherence to the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions is the only effective way to stop the use o... (02/04/2009, last updated: 03/04/2009) Read more »

Voices from the Ground - Questionnaire for Mine Survivors

We want to make the voices of survivors, their families and communities heard at the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty in Cartag... (09/03/2009, last updated: 30/03/2009) Read more »

Media Statement: New Mine Victims Reinforce the Need for Treaty

(Bangkok: 2 April 2009) Continued landmine casualties in a number of Asian countries reinforce the need for these states to ban the weapon, sa... (02/04/2009, last updated: 03/04/2009) Read more »

Media Advisory: 1-3 April 2009, Bangkok Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-East Asia

The Bangkok Workshop is part of series of regional workshops held in advance of the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty. States Pa... (30/03/2009, last updated: 02/04/2009) Read more »

A Week of Advocacy Activities in Managua, Nicaragua

In February 2009, members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) convened in Managua, Nicaragua to conduct advocacy and outreac... (30/03/2009, last updated: 14/04/2009) Read more »

10 Years in Force of the Mine Ban Treaty: ICBL Campaigners Celebrate in 65 Countries!

In February and March, campaigners from 65 countries and areas around the world are taking action to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Min... (04/03/2009, last updated: 19/03/2009) Read more »

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