Campaigner Khurram Parvez Detained in India

Khurram Parvez ©Facebook The Nobel Peace Prize laureate International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) calls for the immediate release of human rights activist Khurram Parvez, held under administrati…

Landmine Survivors call on Chile to pass victims’ law

In a dialogue between landmine survivors, other members of civil society and government representatives in Santiago, survivors demanded the government to fulfill promises to victims.

The Korean Exception and the Mine Ban Treaty

"The Korea Exception to the Mine Ban Treaty & Obama's Last Days in Office," panelists Eleana Kim, Professor of Anthropology at UC Irvine, Megan Burke, Director of the ICBL, and Channapha Khamvo…

Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

At the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, states and other partners  reaffirmed their commitment to humanitarian principles and pledged to put people at the center of humanitarian action. Our P…

Intersessionals 2016: Nine Years to Finish the Job!

The intersessional meetings of the Mine Ban Treaty were marked by a strong focus on Finishing the Job by 2025. Ecuador confirmed it was on track to completing mine clearance next year and Algeria was …

Mark 4 April: Finish the Job by 2025

Members of West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs, Proud Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs, USA. 3 April 2016 Today the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its…

Sri Lanka decides to join Mine Ban Treaty

India, Nepal and Pakistan are the only South Asian countries outside the treaty

Kofi Annan, Foreign Ministers Pledge Support for a Mine-Free World by 2025

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan joined Foreign Ministers from Canada, Chile and Colombia in a packed room of Geneva's Palais des Nations on 2 March 2016, pledging support f…

The Mine Ban Treaty turns 17

Finish the Job by 2025