The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) worked with Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School to examine Ukraine’s move to “suspend” its obligations under the Mine Ban Treaty. The result of this collaboration is the paper “Challenging Ukraine’s Mine Ban Treaty ‘Suspension” (Sept 2025), which sets out both […]
The International Day of Peace is a is a global effort that seeks: “To encourage the observation of a worldwide cease-fire, 24-hour vigil for peace and nonviolence on the 21st September in every house of worship and place of spiritual practice, by all religious and spiritually based groups and individuals, and by all men, women and children who seek peace in the world.” We celebrate Peace Day as […]
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Cluster Munition Monitor 2025
Launched on 15 September 2025, this report focuses on calendar year 2024 with some information updated into August 2025 where possible. Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 covers cluster munition ban policy, use, production, transfers, and stockpiling globally, and also contains information on the impact of cluster munition contamination and casualties, as well as developments and challenges in […]
The Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 report will be presentedto the 13th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions at the United Nations in Geneva on 16-19 September 2025.Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor is the civil society initiative providing research and monitoring for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster […]
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines is pleased to announce the launch of Silent Killers, an ICBL Special Series Podcast. This initiative has been developed in collaboration with activist, speaker, and filmmaker David Peck, whose documentary Broken Courage highlights the experiences of landmine survivors in Cambodia. Through this new series, ICBL aims to provide a platform for survivors, advocates, and […]
Geneva, August 1st, 2025 – Fifteen years after the Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force, the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) welcomes the life-saving impact of this landmark treaty and urges all states to reaffirm their commitment to its obligations, at a time when the norm against these weapons is under increasing pressure. “Cluster munitions are […]
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is deeply concerned by Ukraine’s Depository Notification to the United Nations Secretary-General announcing the suspension of its obligations under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. In its official notification, Ukraine invokes Article 62 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which permits the suspension or termination of treaty obligations […]
Nobel Peace-Prize Winner Denounces Baltic Countries’ Official Announcement of Withdrawal from Life-Saving Landmine Ban Treaty PRESS RELEASE Geneva 1 July 2025 – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have formally notified States Parties of their intention to withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty, according to a statement by the President of the 22nd Meeting of States Parties, Ambassador Ichikawa Tomiko, […]
Geneva, 2 July 2025 I am gravely alarmed by the steps taken or being considered by Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine to withdraw from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. The Ottawa Convention, with over 160 State parties, is a crucial tool in responding to the devastating impact of anti-personnel […]
(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 […]