Under Article 4 of the Mine Ban Treaty all States Parties are obligated to destroy their stockpile, and all antipersonnel landmines under their jurisdiction or control, within four years of entry into force. The ICBL believes stockpile destruction is critical, and States Parties should place a high priority on this pillar of mine action. It is, indeed preventive mine action as each stockpiled mine destroyed will never find its way into a field or farm, will never harm or kill. It is also important that stockpile destruction be transparent and witnessed by civil society, the media, government representatives and members of the diplomatic community. It can be a confidence-building measure as well, to invite neighboring countries to view this once-stockpiled weapon go up in smoke, deliberately. Below are some articles by the ICBL and member campaigns, followed by Landmine Monitor documents and factsheets related to stockpiles and their destruction.
Recent News articles about stockpile destruction:
Recent Stockpile Destruction Conferences
Landmine Monitor documents and factsheets about stockpiles and their destruction
- Mines Retained for Training and Research (Article 3) (2005)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Human Rights Watch for the Eleventh Meeting of the Intersessional Standing Committe on Stockpile Destruction in Geneva, Switzerland, June 2005
- Antipersonnel Mine Stockpile Destruction (Article 4) (2003)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Human Rights Watch For the Seventh Meeting of the Intersessional Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction in Geneva, Switzerland 6 February 2003
- Antipersonnel Mine Stockpile Destruction (Article 4) Jan 2002 (2002)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Human Rights Watch for the Fifth Meeting of the Intersessional Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction.
- Antipersonnel Mine Stockpile Destruction (Article 4) May 2002 (2002)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Human Rights Watch For the Sixth Meeting of the Intersessional Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction.
- Antipersonnel Mine Stockpiles And Their Destruction: A Progress Report (2001)
Prepared by Human Rights Watch for the Fourth Meeting of the Intersessional Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction. Geneva, Switzerland 10 May 2001
- Global stockpiles of antipersonnel mines (2000)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Human Rights Watch for the Third Meeting of the Intersessional Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction in Geneva, 7 December 2000.
- Antipersonnel Landmine Stockpiles in the Americas (2000)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Human Rights Watch and Mines Action Canada for: Regional Seminar on Stockpile Destruction of Antipersonnel Mines in the Americas, Sponsored by the governments of Argentina, Canada, and the OAS.
- Antipersonnel Landmine Stockpiles and their Destruction (1999)
LANDMINE MONITOR FACT SHEET Prepared by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch. For the First Meeting of the Standing Committee of Experts on Stockpile Destruction. Geneva, Switzerland, 9-10 December 1999
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