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Cluster Munition Information Chart

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:22:38 -0800

Human Rights Watch has updated its Cluster Munition Information Chart. The chart shows which states have stockpiled, produced, used, and been affected by cluster munitions and which states have signed and ratified the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).

Statement to the 2009 Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW)

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:16:55 -0800

Thank you for the floor, Mr. Chairman.

For the past three years, we have often heard that the work of the CCW on cluster munitions is a useful and complementary parallel process to the Oslo Process that has produced the Convention on Cluster Munitions. As we sit here today, the dichotomy between the success and impact of the two processes could not be more stark.

Cluster Munitions

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:47:47 -0700

Landmine Treaty

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:28:32 -0700

Antipersonnel landmines are indiscriminate weapons that have primarily killed and maimed civilians. The weapon cannot distinguish between a soldier during conflict and a civilian stumbling upon one even decades later.

ICBL Remarks During UN Briefing on the Mine Ban Treaty

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:37:30 -0700

[Note: Other panelists included Ambassador Jurg Streuli of Switzerland, President of the Ninth Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty; Dr. Hilde Janne Skorpen, Deputy Permanent Representative of Norway to the UN in New York; and Ambassador Jairo Montoya Pedroza, Deputy Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN in New York.]

ICBL Remarks to the UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:58:11 -0700

Delegates and Colleagues,

2009 marks ten years since the entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty. It has proven to be a stellar example of the concrete benefits of humanitarian disarmament and of citizen diplomacy.

Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Mine Ban Treaty

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
US Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

Re: Mine Ban Treaty

Dear Secretary Clinton:

US: Join the Landmine Ban

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:54:00 -0700

(Washington, DC) - The United States should participate in a milestone meeting of the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines and make a commitment to the join the agreement, Human Rights Watch said today.

Protecting Civilians: Military Expert Marc Garlasco

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:06:36 -0700

UPDATE: Human Rights Watch has been looking into the matter of senior military analyst Marc Garlasco’s collection of Second World War memorabilia and an inquiry is under way. Garlasco has been temporarily suspended from his research work with full pay pending the inquiry. This is not a disciplinary measure.

Protecting Civilians in War: Ending the Use of Cluster Munitions

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:06:44 -0700