International Law and Standards

United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects

External Links

 United Nations Mine Action Centre, an initiative which has as its principle objectives removing unexploded landmines from the ground; teaching people how to protect themselves from danger in a mine-affected environment; and, advocating for a mine-free world.

 International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), a global network in over 90 countries that works for a world free of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions.

 Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), an international civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster munitions, prevent further casualties from these weapons and put an end for all time to the suffering they cause. The Coalition works through its members to change the policy and practice of governments and organisations towards these aims and raise awareness of the problem amongst the public.

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor is an initiative providing research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition. It is the de facto monitoring regime for the Mine Ban Treaty and the Convention on Cluster Munitions and it produces several research products including the annual Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor reports, online country profile reports, as well as factsheets and maps.

 Landmine Action, a not-for-profit organisation committed to good governance and the development of civil society through the promotion of international humanitarian law, the relief of poverty and the empowerment of communities marginalised by conflict.

Clear Path International (CPI), an organisation which seeks to assist accident survivors on their path to recovery. In addition to the immediate and long-term medical attention survivors receive, CPI provides them with assistance to reclaim their educational and economic opportunities. Wherever possible, CPI also assists landmine accident survivors with activities to meet with their peers, get mentoring, address their psychological needs and rebuild their self-esteem through sports.

More External Landmine Links

Other Information

Signatures, Ratifications/ Accessions and Reservations to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (United Nations Office at Geneva)

United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects Explained (United Nations Office at Geneva)

Fact Sheet on Landmines (New Internationalist)

How Landmines work (Informational Article by Kevin Bosner)

 Common Anti-Personnel Mines (Fourmilab)

Landmine Related Photographs (by Tim Grant)

 Seeds of Carnage: The Human Cost of Landmine Warfare (Photographs: Bobby Neel Adams; Text: David Levi Strauss)

Reports, Articles and Analysis

 Cluster bombs banned for UK armed forces (BBC News) (March 23, 2010)

 Landmines (by Anup Shah, Global Issues) (November 27, 2009)

 Cluster bomb ban treaty approved (BBC News) (May 28, 2008)

 Cautious optimism for landmine ban (BBC News) (December 3, 2007)

 Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions (Handicap International) (November 2006)

 Saving Children from the Tragedy of Landmines (UNICEF) (April 4, 2006)

 International Day for Mine Awareness: A landmine-free world within reach (UNICEF) (April 4, 2006)

 NGOs launch cluster bomb campaign (BBC) (November 12, 2003)

 Children protest over cluster bombs (BBC) (August 17, 2003)

 Anti-mine groups call for ban on cluster bombs (The Guardian) (February 28, 2003)

 Banning anti-personnel mines: The Ottawa treaty explained (International Committee of the Red Cross) (1998)

 An international ban on anti-personnel mines: History and negotiation of the "Ottawa treaty" by Stuart Maslen and Peter Herby  (International Review of the Red Cross, December 1998, Issue no. 325)

Anti-personnel landmines: friend or foe? A study of the military use and effectiveness of anti-personnel mines (International Committee of the Red Cross report)

 Global Progress on Banning Landmines (Human Rights Watch) (September 7, 2000)

 Landmine Monitor Report 2010: Toward a Mine-Free World (Human Rights Watch) (August 2000)

 Landmine Monitor Report 2005: Toward a Mine-Free World (Executive Summary, Human Rights Watch) (May 1999)

 Guidelines for the Care and Rehabilitation of Survivors (International Campaign to Ban Landmines -- Working Group on Victim Assistance)

Dealing with the risks and responsibilities of landmines and their clearance by Michael Polkinghorne and James Cockayne (Fordham International Law Journal) (Vol. 25, Issue 5, Article 4, 2001)

 Direct and Indirect Consequences of Landmines on Public Health (Humanitarian Demining)

 Guerilla Warfare and Land Mine Casualties Remain Inseparable (Lester W. Grau and William A. Jorgensen, Edited by R.Love, U.S. Foreign Military Studies Office)(U.S. Army Medical Department Journal,October-December 1998 Issue

 Fields of Fear (By Claudia Rizzi, New Internationalist, Issue No. 294) (September 1997)

  Empire of Ruin (By Olivia Ward, New Internationalist, Issue No. 294) (September 1997)

 Landmines and measures to eliminate them by Jody Williams, International Review of the Red Cross no 307, p.375-390 (August 31, 1995)

 Toward a global ban on landmines by Anita Parlow, International Review of the Red Cross no 307, p.391-410 (August 31, 1995)

Country and Region Specific Information

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Colombia

Côte d'Ivoire

Egypt

Kosovo

Land mine explodes in Kosovo; 4 children injured

Mozambique

Landmines: Mozambique's Hidden Killers (BBC) (December 23, 2004)

Landmines in Mozambique: After the Floods (Human Rights Watch) (March 28, 2000)

Thailand

 Thailand leads SE Asia in ratifying landmine treaty (UNICEF) (December 14, 1998)

United Kingdom

 UK's deadly legacy: the cluster bomb (The Independent) (November 21, 2005)

United States of America

Back in Business? US Landmine Production and Exports (Human Rights Watch Report)

 United States Arms Policy (Human Rights Watch World Report 2001)

 U.S. Also Bears Responsibility for Landmines Crisis (Human Rights Watch) (March 4, 2001)

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