From the Middle East to West Africa: responding to the humanitarian impacts of improvised anti-personnel mines February 8, 2024 13 mins read Analysis / Armed Groups / Landmines and the Law / Weapons Josephine Dresner Though remarkable progress has been made towards the eradication of anti-personnel landmines (APM) since the adoption of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) ...
50 steps to a mine-free world by 2025 December 19, 2019 7 mins read Analysis / Humanitarian Action / Landmines and the Law / Weapons Ambassador Hans Brattskar Renewed political commitment to implementing the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) and an ambitious action ...
Moving beyond mine risk education to risk awareness and safer behaviour November 7, 2019 6 mins read Humanitarian Action / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Weapons Louis G. Maresca A recent blog piece by Chris Loughran highlighted the important achievements of the Anti-Personnel Mine ...
The Mine Ban Convention, Article 5 & 2019 Review Conference: need for urgent action October 15, 2019 10 mins read Generating Respect for IHL / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Religion / Weapons Chris Loughran The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) entered into force 20 years ago this year. It ...
IEDs and the Mine Ban Convention: a minefield of definitions? September 17, 2019 12 mins read Conduct of Hostilities / Landmines and the Law / Law and Conflict / Weapons Wen Zhou & Andrea Raab The year 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Anti-Personnel ...