Every World Cup tournament inspires young people worldwide to be the soccer players/ footballers of tomorrow. Yet for those living in cluster munition, landmine and UXO contaminated countries, this dream remains a difficult reality. A cluster munition, also known as a cluster bomb, is a weapon containing multiple explosive submunitions. Like landmines, these submunitions can […]
The 2026 Intersessional Meetings took place on June The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) calls on all States Parties to defend the Mine Ban Treaty at a defining moment. Five European nations (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland) have now formally withdrawn from the treaty, with several p 2026 at the Centre International de […]
In the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights details the impact of anti-personnel mines on the enjoyment of all human rights, with particular emphasis on economic, social and cultural rights. In the report, the High Commissioner highlights the different types of negative human rights impacts resulting from anti-personnel mines, and considers […]
PHOTO: ICBL Geneva, May 2026 – Lebanon deposited its instrument of accession to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty with the United Nations Secretary-General on 1 May 2026, becoming the 162nd State Party to a treaty that comprehensively bans the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. The treaty will enter into force for […]
JOIN WVCBL in Lending Your Leg for a MINE FREE WORLD! The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action reminds us how far we have come in clearing the world of explosive remnants of war – and how far we still have to go. More than thirty years ago, civil society activists came […]
March 1st marks the 27th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Mine Ban Treaty. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines – a model for disarmament initiatives? by Jody Williams1997 Nobel Peace Prize laureate3 September 1999 When the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) was formally launched in October of 1992, few imagined that the grassroots movement […]
Geneva, 20 February 2026 – The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) deplores Poland’s withdrawal from the Mine Ban Treaty, which takes legal effect today, shattering a decades-old consensus that these indiscriminate weapons have no place in modern arsenals. As of this date, Poland is no longer bound by the treaty’s provisions prohibiting the use, production, and […]
by croatiaweek February 28, 2026 (Photo: Pudelek (Marcin Szala)/ CC BY-SA 3.0) Croatia has officially become a country free of mine danger, successfully completing the demining process in line with the Ottawa Convention after nearly three decades. The announcement, made this week in a report presented by State Secretary Tomislav Bilandžić from the Ministry of the […]
We write in opposition to the United States’ reported $210 million purchase of cluster munitions from Tomer, a company owned by the Israeli government. When used in populated areas, cluster munitions violate international humanitarian law because they cannot distinguish between civilians and combatants. This acquisition runs counter to the international norm established in the Convention on Cluster […]
January 12, 2026-The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) alongside its member, the Finnish Campaign to Ban Landmines, is deeply disturbed and saddened by Finland’s formal withdrawal from the Mine Ban Treaty, which took effect on 10 January 2026. Finland has chosen to walk away from a global norm that for over two decades has […]