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ICBL Urges All Countries to Join the UN Disability Rights Convention - Convention enters into force on 3 May 2008

Landmine survivors and all people with disabilities can now count on a powerful tool to ensure their rights are respected and their needs met, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) said today, hailing the entry into force of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Disability Rights Convention). The Convention, considered the first major human rights treaty of this century, was signed in December 2006. It will enter into force tomorrow, 30 days after the deposit of the 20th ratification (by Ecuador, on 3 April 2008).

(02/05/2008, last updated: 02/05/2008) Read more »

CMC Press Release - Latin America and Caribbean Push for Global Cluster Bomb Ban As Brazil Stays Away

(Mexico City, 17 April 2008) More than 20 Latin American and Caribbean governments have reaffirmed their commitment to a global ban on cluster bombs at a regional meeting in Mexico City one month ahead of the international negotiations in Dublin that will finalise an international treaty, with only Brazil and Cuba shunning the gathering.

(21/04/2008, last updated: 21/04/2008) Read more »

CONFERENCE ON INDISPENSABILITY OF ANTIPERSONNEL MINES FOR INDIA’S DEFENCE – MYTH OR REALITY?

1 March 2008 marked the 9th Anniversary of Entry into Force of the "Mine Ban Treaty" which prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel landmines and has been joined up to now by 156 countries. India is not a State Party to the treaty but has recently shown growing interest in the issue of landmines. Unfortunately, India remains one of the largest producers of mines along with countries like Russia, China and Pakistan – and it stockpiles about 40 thousands tons of these weapons.

(22/04/2008, last updated: 23/04/2008) Read more »