Margaret Arach Orech Honored by EU with Human Rights Defenders Award

It is a great pleasure to report that following a ceremony hosted by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium on 22 May, ICBL Ambassador Margaret Arach Orech has been awarded the 2018 European Union Huma…

A Peaceful United Korea is a Landmine-Free Korea

From 2-4 May 2018, 8 campaigners from country campaigns or member organizations met in Taipei to discuss mine ban campaigning in the current context within the region. The meeting was titled 2018 Asia…

Improvised mines wreak havoc in Raqqa

Warning about mines written on outside wall of building in Raqqa, Syria, January 21, 2018. © Human Rights Watch Improvised landmines planted by the non-state armed group Islamic State have killed a…

Palestine Accedes to the Mine Ban Treaty

Palestinian delegate announcing the country’s decision to accede to the Mine Ban Treaty at the Sixteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty on 21 December 2017 in Vienna, Austria ©…