Landmines and Cluster Munitions

kill and injure every day in many countries around the world. They leave a legacy for decades after a conflict is over. They are indiscriminate weapons that make no distinction between a soldier, a farmer, an aid worker or a child.

Mines Ban Treaty

The Mine Ban Treaty is one of the world's most widely accepted treaties: over 80% of the world's countries are States Parties to the treaty. There are currently 164 States Parties. Only 32 states remain outside the treaty, but most of them do not actually use or produce antipersonnel mines. The Mine Ban Treaty, also called the Ottawa Treaty, is officially titled: the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destructioncame. It was adopted in 1997 and it entered into force on 1 March 1999. Under the treaty’s guidance States Parties have cleared and returned to productive use large tracts of land; educated mine-affected communities about the risk of antipersonnel mines and other unexploded ordnance; provided support to and protected the rights of landmine survivors; and destroyed millions of stockpiled antipersonnel mines, ensuring they can never be planted in the earth again. See Treaty here
Finish the job
The promise of the Mine Ban Treaty will be fulfilled when the norm against the use of antipersonnel mines is universal, and when States Parties to the treaty have fully implemented their key treaty obligations – mine clearance, stockpile destruction, and victim assistance.

Cluster Bomb or Cluster Munition Teaty

There is no time to waste to save innocent lives.

We are calling on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to complete without deadlines the ratification process of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and to join the other States Parties and also take steps to assess and respond to the needs of cluster Munition victims.

What is a cluster bomb?

A cluster munition, or cluster bomb, is a weapon containing multiple explosive submunitions.
Cluster munitions are dropped from aircraft or fired from the ground or sea, opening up in mid-air to release tens or hundreds of submunitions, which can saturate an area up to the size of several football fields. Anybody within the strike area of the cluster munition, be they military or civilian, is very likely to be killed or seriously injured The Treaty The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions provides the only international framework for eradicating these weapons. Its disarmament provisions comprehensively prohibit the use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster munitions, as well as assistance with any of these banned activities, and require that stockpiled cluster munitions be destroyed within eight years. The convention requires the clearance of areas contaminated by cluster munition remnants within 10 years, and assistance to fulfill the rights of victims of cluster munitions. The convention also calls on countries in a position to provide assistance to help others fulfill their obligations.
Since the adoption and signing of the Convention . Some progress impressive efforts have been made to rid the world of cluster munitions. The weapon was successfully stigmatized: 60% of the world's states are part of the Convention and a large majority of others States de facto respect the prohibition of use and production; more than 175 million cluster submunitions. destroyed, representing 98% of stocks held by States Parties read the treaty
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Cluster Bombs teaty obligations
The Convention on Cluster Munitions includes an obligation never to use, produce, transfer or stockpile cluster munitions. It also includes several positive obligations to ensure no further use and to redress past harm caused by the weapons.
Our path to end the suffering caused by landmines and cluster munitions
We are committed to taking more action in advocacy and assisting to the victims of landmines, cluster munitions and other disabled people. We will put more effort into encouraging the DR. Congo state to implement laws, regulations and policies in their favor.
Through our mission, we will focus on the six pillars of victims assistance. We will conduct projects and activities which will positively change their lives, ensure respect for their rights and improve their living condition.
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We speak on behalf of our beneficiaries. We help them get their voices heard by the state and supportive organisations in order to meet their need.
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We are willing to reach as many people as possible to communicate key messages and raise awareness on the issue of landmines and the Mine Ban Treaty.
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