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In the early 1990s, humanitarian organizations including Human Rights Watch. Physicians for Human Rights and the International Committee of the Red Cross, published some of the first in-depth country studies on the landmine issue. During the same period, sevaral articles by prominent officials and experts, along wirh reports of conference preceedings, helped increase awareness in the international community. The publications listed in "Introduction to Landmines" are focused on the development and history of landmines, the impact of their use, and are designed to provide readers with a good introductory background on the movement to ban them.
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