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January 31, 2023 Report

Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians

Ukraine Should Investigate Forces’ Apparent Use; Russian Use Continues

Remnants of KPFM-1S-SK cassettes manufactured in 1988 that Human Rights Watch researchers found in Izium
November 28, 2022 Statement

ICBL Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Mine Ban Treaty 20th Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director

A POM-3 antipersonnel mine and its parachute that failed to deploy correctly and was found by deminers in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, March 2022.
November 20, 2022 Dispatches

Myanmar Junta Ramps Up Landmine Use

Banned Weapons Kill, Maim Civilians for Decades

Volunteer medics helping men injured by landmines in Myanmar.
November 17, 2022 News Release

Landmines: Boost Support for Global Ban Treaty

Worldwide Report Tracks New Use by Governments, Armed Groups

Members of a special demining unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine searching for landmines in Horenka, Kyiv oblast, May 27, 2022.
November 15, 2022 Statement

Statement to the Annual Meeting of CCW Amended Protocol II on Landmines

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director

A PTM-1/PTM-1G anti-vehicle mine photographed on April 12, 2002, in the Nemyshlyanskyi district, Ukraine.
June 22, 2022 Statement

Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Mine Ban Treaty Intersessional Meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director

POM-2 antipersonnel mines and their KPOM-2 dispensers that Kharkiv emergency services cleared from near villages in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 17, 2022.
June 22, 2022 Statement

Statement on Cooperative Compliance, Mine Ban Treaty Intersessional Meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director

A TM-62M anti-vehicle mine equipped with MVCh-62 pressure activated fuze cleared near Kyivka in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, after a tractor driver was killed by another TM-62 mine in the same field on May 23, 2022.
June 21, 2022 News Release

Landmines: US Moves Closer Toward Global Ban

Geographic Exception to Mine Ban Is Unnecessary

A landmine survivor wearing a prosthetic leg at an event to commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Bogotá, Colombia, April 4, 2022. Colombia is one of 164 countries that has prohibited antipersonnel landmines.
June 15, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Russian Landmine Use Endangers Civilians

Banned Weapon Threatens Lives, Food Production

TM-62 anti-vehicle mines found during a mine clearance mission near Bervytsia, a village previously occupied by Russian forces, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 21, 2022.
June 15, 2022 Background Briefing

Background Briefing on Landmine Use in Ukraine

TM-62 anti-vehicle mines found during a mine clearance mission near Bervytsia, a village previously occupied by Russian forces, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 21, 2022.
May 31, 2022 Report

Libya: Russia’s Wagner Group Set Landmines Near Tripoli

ICC Prosecutor Should Investigate Use of Unlawful Mines, Booby Traps

Libyan deminers stand around a pickup truck with boxes of dismantled mines and remnants of other explosives in Salah al-Din, south of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, June 15, 2020. ​​​​​​​
April 27, 2022 Report

Libya: Landmines, Other War Hazards, Killing Civilians

Increase Support for Clearance, Recovery Assistance around Tripoli

National Safety Authority members clear landmines and improvised explosive devices used during the armed conflict in Tripoli, Libya, June 3, 2020.
April 8, 2022 Background Briefing

Backgrounder on Antivehicle Landmines

Destroyed vehicle in Bucha, Ukraine with the word “mines” in Russian, April 4, 2022.
March 29, 2022 News Release

Ukraine: Russia Uses Banned Antipersonnel Landmines

Landmines Threaten Civilian Lives, Prolong Recovery

POM-3 antipersonnel mines that failed to deploy and remnants of its delivery canister found by deminers in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on or around March 28.
November 18, 2021 Statement

Statement on Cooperative Compliance, Mine Ban Treaty Nineteenth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director

Villagers stand in front of a Unicef banner warning of landmines outside Caala, Angola

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