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September 25, 2017 News Release

Burma: Military Commits Crimes Against Humanity

Expulsions, Murder, Rape, Persecution of Rohingya

Rohingya refugees shortly after arrival in Bangladesh.
September 25, 2017 Background Briefing

Crimes against Humanity by Burmese Security Forces Against the Rohingya Muslim Population in Northern Rakhine State since August 25, 2017

Smoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as an old Rohingya refugee woman is carried after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 15, 2017.
September 23, 2017 News Release

Burma: Landmines Deadly for Fleeing Rohingya

Military Lays Internationally Banned Weapon

A Rohingya woman travels to a hospital near Kutupalong, Bangladesh, after a landmine blew off her right leg while she was crossing the border from Burma, September 4, 2017.
September 18, 2017 Commentary

Will Boris Step Up On Yemen?

Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Sanaa on August 25, 2017, killing at least 16 civilians, including seven children, and wounding another 17, including eight children. After an international outcry, the coalition admitted to
September 18, 2017 Dispatches

Preventing Suffering through ‘Humanitarian Disarmament’

Countries to Begin Signing Nuclear Weapons Treaty This Week

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Jody Williams bows in front of Cambodian Tun Channereth, who holds the International Campaign to Ban Landmines diploma and medal, on her way to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo City Hall, December 10, 1997.
June 13, 2017 Report

Syria: Key Concerns for Raqqa Battle

Detainee Rights, Indiscriminate Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters on their way to Raqqa, Syria June 6, 2017© 2017 Reuters
April 20, 2017 Report

Yemen: Houthi-Saleh Forces Using Landmines

Cease Use of Banned Weapons; Ensure Clearance, Victim Assistance

GYATA-64 antipersonnel mines cleared by YEMAC from Aden city and its suburbs since Houthi-Saleh forces withdrew from the city in July 2015, March 16, 2017.
March 22, 2017 Report

Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave

Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed

‘Hammam al-Alil mass grave marked and fenced’ Caption: A marked and fenced ISIS mass grave in Hammam al-Alil, 30 kilometers south of Mosul, discovered in November 2016.
February 17, 2017 Report

Ukraine: Dangers, Unnecessary Delays at Crossing Points

Improve Security, Facilities Along the Line of Contact, Facilitate Better Crossing for Civilians

Civilians waiting at the Novotroitske crossing point in the government-controlled Donetsk region, December 21, 2016.
February 16, 2017 Report

Iraq: Looting, Destruction by Forces Fighting ISIS

No Apparent Military Necessity for Home Demolitions

•	Map of recently constructed security network and building demolition in the villages of Khoytlah, Mashirafat al-Jisr, and Ashwa between December 2016 and February 2017.
November 30, 2016 Statement

Statement on Ukraine, Mine Ban Treaty Fifteenth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

November 30, 2016 Statement

Statement on New Use of Antipersonnel Mines, Mine Ban Treaty Fifteenth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

November 24, 2016 Commentary

Iraqi Kurds’ Dangerous Game

House marked with red “X” for destruction in Qarah Tappah in May 2016.
November 23, 2016 Commentary

Over the Line

Writing on the wall in the yard of the main hospital in Manbij, warning of the presence of mines.
November 13, 2016 News Release

Iraqi Kurdistan: Arab Homes Destroyed After ISIS Battles

Peshmerga Attacks Have Dire Implications for Mosul Fight

House marked with red “X” for destruction in Qarah Tappah in May 2016.

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