Recruitment: CMC-ICBL Vacancies

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) are global campaigns in over 90 countries with more than 350 member organizations. Their main offices are cu…

Wheelchair Rugby Exhibition Match "Rumble in Cartagena" Wins 2010 Sports Event for Peace Award

Press Release -- For Immediate Release Monaco, 2 December 2010 -- The international organization Peace and Sport, under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco, has granted the 2010 Sports Event f…

Governments must promote rights of landmine and cluster bomb survivors

Press Release -- For Immediate Release Governments must promote rights of landmine and cluster bomb survivors. Campaigns celebrate International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesGeneva, 2 December 2010…

Record-Breaking Progress for Mine Ban

PRESS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RECORD-BREAKING PROGRESS FOR MINE BAN, according to Landmine Monitor 2010 released today. Geneva, 24 November 2010 - Record-breaking progress in implementing the…

Cambodian Deaths: A Cruel Reminder of the Need to Accelerate Mine Clearance

Landmines claim victims around the globe every day and continue to threaten civilians long after the end of conflicts. An antivehicle mine explosion that killed 13 Cambodian civilians on 16 November c…

CMC Press Release -- Cluster Bombs: 66-Point Plan Turns Legal Obligations Into Concrete Actions

CLUSTER MUNITION COALITION PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release Cluster bombs: 66-point plan turns legal obligations into concrete actions. Historic Laos meeting sets a new standard to judge all stat…

Rumble in Cartagena Shortlisted for 2010 Sports Event for Peace Award

The international organization Peace and Sport, under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco, has announced the nominees for the 2010 Sports Event for Peace award. The wheelchair rugby match Rumb…

CMC Press Release -- Governments Must Deliver Action Plan on Cluster Bomb Ban

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) enthusiastically welcomes the opening of the historic First Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and commends Lao PDR…

Media Advisory -- Global Meeting on Mine Ban Treaty

WHAT: The Tenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty WHEN: 29 November - 3 December 2010 WHERE: Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland WHO: Governments, United Nations agencies, the …

"We Want to Make Sure States Keep Up the Energy"

Speaking notes for Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL Treaty Implementation Director. Press briefing held at the Palais des Nations, 2 November 2010, Geneva, Switzerland. Thanks for being with us this morning. I a…

Swift Implementation of Cluster Munition Ban Saves Lives

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Press Release. Bangkok, 1 November 2010 – The destruction of millions of stockpiled cluster submunitions years before deadlines mandated under the Convention on C…

A Finite Problem That Can Be Resolved

On 25 October 2010 as Disarmament Week opened, the ICBL addressed the United Nations' First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. Zach Hudson from the United States Campaign to Ban Land…

A small gift plus $10

JustGive.org celebrates 10 years of online charitable giving. To mark the occasion, thank donors and further its mission, JustGive.org will add $10 to every donation made from 10-20 October 2010. To s…

Speaking Notes -- Sylvie Brigot, ICBL Executive Director -- European Union Mine Awareness Seminar

EU action against landmines and cluster munitions: Mine Awareness Seminar, 30 September 2010 - Speaking notes on Advocacy and Awareness of International Conventions - Sylvie Brigot, Executive Director…

European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva Reaffirms Support for the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions

Mined Lives photo exhibition opens in Brussels. On 30 September 2010, representatives of the ICBL and Cluster Munition Coalition briefed senior officials from the European Union at a seminar organized…

Campaigners Invited to Organize a Monitor Release Activity

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor produces several research products including the annual Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor reports, online country profile reports, as well as factshee…

Donate to the ICBL through the Combined Federal Campaign

U.S. Federal employees can give to the ICBL from 1 September - 15 December 2010 through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest workplace charity campaign. The ICBL has been admitted …

ICBL Statement on Allegations of Use of Antipersonnel Mines by Turkey

Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation, Standing Committee on General Status and Operation of the Convention, Geneva, 21 June 2010. We thank Turkey for its statement and for …

When Weather Shifts Landmine Danger

Recent weather incidents highlight the danger caused by displaced antipersonnel mines

ICBL Comments and Questions on Mine Clearance

Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 22 June 2010, Delivered by Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL Treaty Implementation Director. Thanks very much for the updates this morning. States Parties provided an e…

Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 21-25 June 2010 - Summary

Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention (21 & 25 June). Co-Chairs: Ecuador & Slovenia; Co-Rapporteurs: Canada & Thailand. Universalization: The apparent st…

ICBL Statement on Transparency Reporting

Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, 21 June 2010

ICBL Statement on International Cooperation and Assistance - Clearance

Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. The ICBL would like to thank Norway again for holding this special session. We hope sessions like this will breathe new life into the discussi…

ICBL Statement on mines retained for training and research purposes

Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. Chairperson, as noted by the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor's fact sheet on Article 3, a total of 74 States Parties report that they re…

ICBL Statement on International Cooperation and Assistance - Other Issues

Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. Thank you Madame President. We would like to use this last session to reflect a bit more broadly on international cooperation, and also to mak…

ICBL Statement on the Intersessional Work Program Review

Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. The ICBL strongly believes that the intersessional work programme is fundamental to the success of the Mine Ban Treaty. It ensures that work i…

ICBL Statement on an Inclusive Development Approach to Victim Assistance

Intersessional Standing Committee on Victim Assistance, 24 June 2010. There is an increased understanding that an inclusive development approach to victim assistance is important on the part of both a…

ICBL Statement on international cooperation on victim assistance

Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 25 June 2010. Delivered by Purna Shova Chitrakar, Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal

Updates on ICBL’s post-Cartagena Victim Assistance Activities

Intersessional Standing Committees MeetingsThursday, 24 June 2010, Delivered by Firoz Alizada, ICBL Treaty Implementation Officer

ICBL Statement on a Mine-Free Central America

Standing Committee on Mine Clearance, Mine Risk Education and Mine Action Technologies, 22 June 2010, Delivered by Megan Burke, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor. We would like to congratulate Nic…

ICBL Statement on Universalization

Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 21 June 2010. Delivered by K. Asia Derlicka, ICBL Advocacy and Campaigning Officer. On behalf of the ICBL, let me begin with congratulating His Royal Highn…

Central America Becomes World's First Landmine-Free Region

Press Release -- Embargoed until 18 June 2010, 9:00 am Managua Time (GMT-7) Managua, 18 June 2010 -- As Nicaragua celebrates completion of its mine clearance activities, Central America becomes the wo…

Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 21-25 June 2010, Geneva, Switzerland

In order to ensure the systematic and effective implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, four informal, open-ended Standing Committees meet once a year in Geneva, Switzerland. The meetings are open to g…

Logistics Memo: Meetings of the Standing Committees (ISC) 2010

Dear Campaigners, The Meetings of the Standing Committees (ISC) will be held from 21 to 25 June 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. You will find below some useful logistics information you may need to atten…

"It could be mined again" - Ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar/Burma threatens mine clearance efforts in Thailand

By Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor. The mountain is called Na Taung by the Burmese and Doi Ya Moo by the Thai, and its peak is on the Thai side of the shared border. The…

Grave Concern Over Allegations of Landmine Use by Turkish Army

Press Release - For immediate release Geneva, 19 April 2010 -- The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is gravely concerned by reports of antipersonnel landmine use by members of the Turkis…

Mine and Cluster Bomb Survivors Urge Governments to Meet Treaty Obligations

Vienna Expert Conference on Victim Assistance Opens Today

European Commission Officials Briefed

On 25 March 2010 in Brussels, the ICBL Executive Director Sylvie Brigot briefed European Commission (EC) and European Union (EU) officials about the challenges and next steps towards a world free of l…

Victim Assistance Workshop, 27 November 2009

A preparatory workshop on victim assistance was held on 27 November 2009, on the eve of the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World. Bringing together over 60 campaigners, experts and survivors, the one…

Landmines and cluster bombs: Toward international blacklists? Press briefing, 12 February 2010, Brussels

Invitation to a Press Briefing 12 February 2010, 10:30 amResidence Palace (International Press Centre) - Passage RoomRue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155, Brussels. As we get close to the entry-into-force of t…