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DE FACTO<\/em>\u00a0MONITORING OF THE MINE BAN TREATY AND CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS<\/h4>\n

Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor is an initiative providing research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC). It produces several research products including the annual\u00a0Landmine Monitor<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Cluster Munition Monitor\u00a0<\/em>reports, online country profile reports, as well as fact sheets and maps.<\/p>\n

Cluster Munition Monitor 2025<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Launched September 2025, this is the 16th annual Cluster Munition Monitor report. It focuses on calendar year 2024, with information included up to August 2025 where possible.<\/p>\n

Cluster Munition Monitor 2025\u00a0<\/i>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 addressing such impact through clearance, risk education and victim assistance.<\/p>\n

Chapters on developments in specific countries and other areas are available in online Country Profiles, found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Civilian Landmine Casualties Escalate, While Five Countries Take Dangerous Step Away from Humanitarian Mine Ban<\/a><\/p>\n

New report findings lead Nobel Peace Laureate to call for the defense of the 25-year-old ban<\/p>\n

(Geneva, 1 December 2025) \u2013 The\u00a0Landmine Monitor 2025<\/a><\/em>\u00a0report, released today by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL<\/a>), reveals a stark reality: civilians are bearing the consequences, as efforts to clear mined areas face waning global donor support for essential humanitarian activities. Unprecedented challenges to the long-standing international ban on landmines have also emerged. However, the report also documents the treaty\u2019s continued growth and underscores that its framework remains the world\u2019s most effective tool to end the suffering caused by landmines.<\/p>\n

Landmine Monitor 2025 reports a sharp rise in casualties, with 6,279 people killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war in 2024, the highest annual total since 2020. The increase was largely due to mines in conflict-affected countries, particularly those outside the treaty ban\u2014especially Myanmar, where massive use continues, and Syria, where civilians are increasingly at risk as they return home, either to or through contaminated lands, following the end of the Assad regime. Civilians made up 90% of global casualties in 2024, almost half of them children. Myanmar again recorded the highest number of casualties worldwide for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s findings make clear both the scale of new challenges and the need to stay united in upholding commitments and maintaining vital compliance efforts<\/em>.\u201d said Mark Hiznay, Landmine Monitor editor for ban policy. \u201cFive states renounced their treaty obligations in a matter of months, when evidence shows if they use mines, it can take decades and enormous resources to clear contaminated land and assist the new victims, who will feel the impact of mine use long after the conflict has ceased<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 163-page report paints a complex picture. More than half of the affected States Parties succeeded in decreasing their known mine contamination in 2024. A total of 31 States Parties have completed clearance of all antipersonnel mines from their territory since the treaty entered into force on 1 March 1999, with Oman declaring completion in 2025. While the aspirational goal of a mine-free world by 2025 set by States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty at the Third Review Conference in Maputo in June 2014 has not been met, the treaty itself is stronger than ever in numbers. The recent accession of the Marshall Islands and Tonga brings the number of States Parties to 166, meaning 85% of the world\u2019s countries are bound by the ban.<\/p>\n

At the same time progress towards a mine-free world is being tested in several significant ways. The report notes that the total area cleared declined compared with previous years, reflecting reduced donor funding and growing insecurity in affected regions. Even countries with small amounts of remaining contamination are struggling to complete their clearance obligations due to a lack of financial support. The report also highlights that donor contributions for victim assistance, representing just 5% of all mine action funding, fell by almost a quarter in 2024. Many mine survivors still lack access to essential medical care, rehabilitation, and psychosocial support, despite ongoing attempts by states and the international community to build sustainable services for the victims.<\/p>\n

These challenges were further compounded in early 2025, when the largest donor to mine action, the United States, implemented a freeze on foreign assistance in the first quarter of the year. This was followed by the termination of several humanitarian mine action programs and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the future of others, deepening the funding crisis in many affected countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cBehind each statistic is a family and a community still living with the consequences of landmines<\/em>,\u201d said Ruth Bottomley, Landmine Monitor editor for mine action funding. \u201cThe decline in funding for victim assistance is alarming and must be urgently reversed<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report documents continued and possible new use and production of antipersonnel mines. States not party Russia and Myanmar remain responsible for widespread use of antipersonnel mines. There are also indications of new use by States Party Ukraine and allegations of use by Cambodian armed forces. States not party India, Myanmar, Russia, and South Korea appear to be maintaining active production capacity. Additionally, the United States transferred antipersonnel mines to Ukraine in 2024, breaking its own 32-year moratorium on exports and undermining the global stigma against these weapons.<\/p>\n

Despite the growing number of countries demonstrating their commitment to the humanitarian objectives of the Mine Ban Treaty, with the addition of two new States Parties in 2025, the norms of the Mine Ban Treaty are under direct threat as Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland are in the process of withdrawing under the treaty\u2019s Article 20. Ukraine has attempted to \u201csuspend the operation\u201d of the Mine Ban Treaty while engaged in an international armed conflict, an action which is not permitted under the treaty. These developments, together with continued use and production, mark a dangerous erosion of the global norm that has saved countless lives since 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mine Ban Treaty remains a powerful instrument, and its obligations and principles must be actively defended<\/em>,\u201d said Tamar Gabelnick, Director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. \u201cGovernments must speak out to uphold the treaty, prevent further departures, reinforce its provisions globally, and ensure no more countries use, produce, or acquire antipersonnel mines. Turning back is not an option; we have come too far, and the human cost is simply too high<\/em>.\u201d She added.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Mine Ban Treaty<\/a>\u00a0entered into force on 1 March 1999. It prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of antipersonnel landmines and requires States Parties to provide victim assistance, to clear mined areas, and to destroy stockpiles. As of 1 December 2025, 166 countries are bound by the treaty, following the ratification by the Marshall Islands in March 2025 and Tonga\u2019s accession in June 2025. Thirty-one states have yet to join.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Landmine Monitor report is being released on the first day of the\u00a0Twenty-Second Meeting of States Parties<\/a> to the Mine Ban Treaty, which opens in Geneva on 1 December 2025.<\/p>\n

Maps can be found at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.the-monitor.org\/reports\/landmine-monitor-2025\/maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Major Findings in\u00a0Arabic<\/a>,\u00a0English<\/a>,\u00a0French<\/a>,\u00a0Russian<\/a>,\u00a0Spanish<\/a>\u00a0are also available.<\/p>\n

\"1CLUSTER MUNITION MONITOR 2024<\/h1>\n
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Launched Monday, 9 September, this is the 15th annual Cluster Munition Monitor report. It focuses on calendar year 2023, with information included up to August 2024 where possible.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.the-monitor.org\/reports\/cluster-munition-monitor-2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

LANDMINE MONITOR 2023<\/h1>\n
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Launched Tuesday, 14 November, this is the 25th annual Landmine Monitor report. It focuses on calendar year 2022, with information included up to October 2023 where possible.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.the-monitor.org\/reports\/landmine-monitor-2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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