Importance of Considering Persons with Disabilities Including Mine Survivors in COVID -19 Responses

People with disabilities, including survivors, are often excluded from the various spheres of state activity and support. In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we need to reflect on how sta…

ICBL-CMC Actions on Mine Awareness Day 2020

As we prepare to mark the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action this year, the world is shuddering under the terrible weight of the COVID-19 Pandemic, which by its nature i…

Chile Announces Mine-Free Status

ICBL congratulates Mine Ban Treaty States Party, Chile, on the announcement that it has completed clearance of all landmine contamination on its territory. Chile indicated the clearance was official…

Mine Ban Treaty Turns 21!

March 1 marks 21 years of life-saving action under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The Treaty has dramatically reduced the number of landmine casualties since it entered into force in 1999 an…

US Policy Reversal At Odds With Global Mine Ban Consensus

***PRESS RELEASE*** (download pdf here) (Geneva, 3 February 2020) - The announcement on Friday by the United States reversing its policy stance on antipersonnel landmines, is a step backwards in the s…

Human Rights Watch Press Release On US Landmine Policy Reversal

On Friday 31 January ICBL member Human Rights Watch reacted to the US Government's surprise landmine policy reversal. Read the full release here.