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Acknowledgments

The report was researched and written by the Americas division of Human Rights Watch. Daniel Wilkinson, Deputy Director of the Americas Division edited the report. Steve Goose, director of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch also commented on a draft. Aisling Reidy provided international law guidance. Americas Division Executive Director José Miguel Vivanco and Ian Gorvin of the Program office of Human Rights Watch also made editorial contributions. Americas Division Associates Joanna Edwards and Danielle Wainer, as well as Andrea Holley, Grace Choi, Ella Moran, Matushaj, and Fitzroy Hepkins provided invaluable production assistance.

Human Rights Watch is grateful to the many persons, officials, and organizations that assisted us and provided information in the course of our field research, some of which asked not to be named. Special thanks are due to the Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines, and in particular Álvaro Jiménez and Camilo Serna, who provided us with invaluable advice and commented on an earlier draft of the report. Finally, we are grateful to the many landmine survivors who shared their stories with us, in some cases traveling great distances and undertaking personal risks to do so.