(Published on ReliefWeb on 16 June 2025) The global bans on anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions are two of the most significant humanitarian achievements of the post-Cold War era and have saved tens of thousands of lives. The victims of these weapons are predominantly civilians, their families and communities. The 1997 Anti-personnel Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Convention on […]
MAY 30, 2025We are deeply concerned by disturbing developments that are again putting civilians at greater risk of harm from antipersonnel landmines and explosive remnants of war, notably cluster munitions.We support the work of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), which was jointly awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize together with its then-coordinator Jody […]
In coordination with the Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meetings later this month in Geneva, ICBL and Handicap International (HI)-Switzerland have installed the banner you see attached, now displayed on the iconic Broken Chair in front of the UN in Geneva. The banner hanging coincides with the launch of ICBL/CMC public campaign calling on Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to stop their […]
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), 1997 Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate, condemns Lithuania’s decision to withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty, approved today by a parliamentary vote. This irresponsible move marks Lithuania’s second abandonment of a humanitarian disarmament treaty in six months, following its unprecedented withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions in March […]
At a time when states are considering leaving the treaty, we are reminded of the words of Pope Francis and his support for the efforts to rid the world of these indiscriminate weapons which too often claim the lives of innocent civilians including children. While marking the anniversary of the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, Pope […]
Japan’s Leadership Needed to Ensure No More Landmine Victims Published in: The Asahi Shimbun Globe+ Mary Wareham, Deputy Director, Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division, Human Rights Watch Kanae Doi, Japan Director, Human Rights Watch Mine Ban Treaty – an international treaty developed to protect civilians in conflict April 4 is International Mine Awareness Day, a […]
Transforming Minefields into Vineyards, Orchards, and Fields of Flowers – “Mines to Vines” Movement Expands Worldwide Roots of Peace, the global humanitarian nonprofit committed to turning “Mines to Vines”; proudly commemorates UN International Landmine Awareness Day with the launch of its international White Rose for Peace campaign. The initiative, unveiled this week at the UK Parliament, marks a renewed […]
Geneva, 4 April 2025—On International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) warns of an alarming backslide in global efforts to eliminate one of the deadliest legacies of war. As the world celebrates the people working tirelessly to free communities of life-threatening antipersonnel mines and assist […]
WVCBL strongly voice their opposition to the possible withdrawl from the Ottawa Treaty by Baltic States. Given the immediate and long-term danger these weapons pose, we must defend the protection of civilians by upholding international humanitarian law anywhere, anytime, under any circumstances. Landmines are horrific weapons that cannot distinguish between military or civilian targets. @minemonitor […]
Erin Hunt | March 18, 2025 Mines Action Canada, a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, is appalled by the Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian and Polish Ministers of Defence’s joint recommendation to abandon the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines. Security concerns for these countries are legitimate – however, landmines are a weapon of the past. They have […]