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Yemen: mines continue to maim and kill civilians
"We have noticed an increase in the number of newly planted anti-personnel mines in some areas," said Eric Marclay, ... "The mines have resulted in an upsurge in casualties, especially among displaced ...
- 2012-04-04
- News Release
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
- Places
  - Middle East
    - Yemen
An international ban on anti-personnel mines: History and negotiation of the "Ottawa treaty"
... Peter Herby Stuart Maslen is Legal Adviser and Peter Herby Coordinator of the Mines-Arms Unit in the ICRC’s Legal Division. ... international community towards a global ban on anti-personnel mines.
- 1998-12-31
- Article
- by: Stuart Maslen, Peter Herby
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Kosovo. Going home ? Danger, mines !
Any people who are planning to return to Kosovo for whatever reason must be aware of the dangers of mines and unexploded munitions. ... You must ask other people if they know about mines or booby traps ...
- 1999-08-03
- Miscellaneous
- Archived page
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Serbia
Fourth Meeting of the States party to the Convention on the Prohibition on the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of ...
... and to protecting the lives of the victims of armed conflict, some of whom suffer the appalling effects of anti-personnel mines. ... Let us not forget, however, that prohibiting anti-personnel mines ...
- 2002-09-16
- Statement
- Archived page
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Lithuania: Saving lives and limbs by destroying mines
Budapest (ICRC) – Today, 340 anti-personnel mines were blown up when Antanas Valionis, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs, ... 340 anti-personnel mines were blown up when Antanas Valionis, ...
- 2004-06-07
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Lithuania
Anti-personnel mines: overview of the problem
The suffering caused by anti-personnel mines is horrific. ... Fortunately, 156 States have joined the Mine Ban Convention, which establishes a ... The number of new mine victims has fallen significantly since ...
- 2009-11-02
- FAQ
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their ...
... Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction adopted on 18 September 1997 by a Diplomatic Conference in Oslo, ... anti-personnel mines and on their destruction 14-04-2009 ...
- 2009-04-14
- Publication
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
A world free of mines is becoming an achievable goal
Second Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-personnel Mines, Cartagena, Colombia, ... -personnel Mines, Cartagena, Colombia, 30 November – 4 December ...
- 2009-12-03
- Statement
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Afghanistan: homemade bombs and improvised mines kill and maim civilians in south
Homemade bombs and improvised mines continue to pose a major threat to civilians in the south of Afghanistan. ... 14-04-2010 Operational Update No 10/04 Homemade bombs and improvised mines continue to pose ...
- 2010-04-14
- Operational Update
- Places
  - Asia and the Pacific
    - Afghanistan
ICRC: A total ban on antipersonnel mines and blinding weapons is the best option
... little impact on restricting the use of the deadly weapons it regulated in 1980 - in particular mines. Mines are now proliferating so fast that there are perhaps as many as 100 million of them in ...
- 1994-02-24
- Statement
- Archived page
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Conventional weapons
Anti-personnel mines: 'dangerous ambiguity'
... Conference, under which an anti-personnel mine is one " primarily designed to explode on the presence, proximity or contact of a person " . ... Dual-use mines - anti-personnel and anti-tank - and other ...
- 1996-04-24
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
Tajikistan: The ravages of forgotten mines
20-12-2001 News Release 01/51 Zuboidullo is 14. His older brother is a paraplegic. He himself lost both legs when he stepped on a mine at the beginning of November. His father has still not been able to ...
- 2001-12-20
- News Release
- Archived page
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Tajikistan
- People
  - Children
Anti-personnel Mines: What Future for Southern Africa?
... human, social and economic costs of anti-personnel mines in Southern Africa and throughout the world. ... these weapons, the practical difficulties of their actual use and mine clearance.
- 1997-04-23
- Statement
- Archived page
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic: Stockholm: NGO seminar to promote mines ban
22-05-1997 News Release 97/19 Some 50 ... which will hear presentations on various aspects of the mines problem, including progress towards an international anti-personnel landmine ban treaty ...
- 1997-05-22
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
Albania: Dealing with the legacy of mines
Young girls receiving a game from ICRC, based on prevention rules for mine awareness. ... The french National Marc Farinou supervisor of the Swiss Federation for Mine Action working in Albania, ...
- 2001-07-05
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Albania
Anti-personnel mines: Crucial decisions for Oslo Conference
The ICRC maintains that a total and immediate prohibition on the use of all anti-personnel mines is essential for the ... The ICRC believes that the definition of an anti-personnel mine in the treaty ...
- 1997-08-26
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Anti-personnel mines: Making a ban effective
However, others maintained that such mechanisms were inappropriate in relation to anti-personnel mines, ... anti-personnel mines as rapidly as possible, pointing out that while the effectiveness of ...
- 1997-04-30
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
Americas: Organization of American States for a continent free of anti-personnel mines
... discussed the question of anti-personnel mines as one of the problems of concern to the Western hemisphere, and adopted a resolution ... anti-personnel mines and to ratify the 1980 United Nations ...
- 1996-06-12
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
Ottawa Conference on anti-personnel mines: a strategy for the total elimination of mines
25-09-1996 News Release 96/38 As an observer with special expertise on the mines issue, the ICRC will be taking an active part in ... -personnel mines - bringing together all countries that support ...
- 1996-09-25
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
Americas: states determined to achieve national bans on anti-personnel mines
The meeting, devoted to mines, mine clearance and victim rehabilitation, was organized by the ICRC and the Nicaraguan Red Cross ... the first mine-infested region to free itself entirely from this ...
- 1996-06-12
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Places
  - The Americas
    - Costa Rica
- Places
  - The Americas
    - El Salvador
- Places
  - The Americas
    - Guatemala
- Places
  - The Americas
    - Honduras
Former Yugoslavia: facing up to the danger of mines
14-08-1996 News Release 96/32 Every month, mines in former Yugoslavia continue to kill and maim the unwary. ... At the beginning of the year, the ICRC launched a major mine-awareness campaign to alert the ...
- 1996-08-14
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Croatia
Towards a Total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines, International Strategy Conference, Ottawa, 3-5 October 1996
In our field work we have made intensive efforts to develop effective surgical techniques for mine victims and to expand ... Over the past decade we have treated over 30 thousand mine victims and ...
- 1996-10-04
- Statement
- Archived page
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines
Anti-personnel mines: regional initiative in Turkmenistan to discuss global ban
... Regional Conference on a Global Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines in the capital, Ashgabat, from 10-12 June 1997. ... the anti-personnel mine crisis; to promote dialogue on the issue among governments and ...
- 1997-06-04
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
- Places
  - Europe and Central Asia
    - Turkmenistan
International meeting on mine clearance: ICRC reaffirms need for total ban on anti-personnel mines
12-07-1995 News Release 28 The United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance, which ended in Geneva on 7 July, ... of anti-personnel mines and highlighted the urgent need to tackle the very ...
- 1995-07-12
- News Release
- Archived page
- Topic
  - ICRC activities
    - Mine action
Statement on anti-personnel mines and proposed amendments to Protocol II
Every month which passes before the implementation of strict and effective controls on anti-personnel mines can be measured in the ... anti-personnel land mines is a total prohibition of their use, ...
- 1995-01-09
- Statement
- Archived page
- Topic
  - International humanitarian law
    - Weapons
      
      Anti-personnel landmines