Landmines and Cluster Munitions

Landmines and cluster munitions (which disperse smaller submunitions) are considered indiscriminate weapons and have caused terrible harm to civilians, often years and decades after fighting concludes. They have been banned under the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions.

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Civilian Shelter Guidance in Armed Conflict Zones: A Qualitative Study of International Humanitarian Practitioners | Cambridge University Press | April 6, 2026. | Hannah Wild
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Forskare: Därför är personminor en farlig väg för Sverige | Researchers: Why Anti-Personnel Mines are a Dangerous Path for Sweden | March 20, 2026. | Henrique Garbino
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10 Questions to Ask a Warmonger | on Medium | March 12, 2026. | Matthew Breay Bolton
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Anthropic, the Pentagon, and Autonomous Weapons: Who Bears Responsibility? | on LinkedIn | March 12, 2026. | Maria Pia Devoto
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New Trump Strategy Promotes U.S. Arms Industry | Arms Control Today | March 6, 2026. | Jeff Abramson, Michael Klare
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Who commands the god in the machine? AI and the future of military authority | Action on Armed Violence | February 27, 2026. | Iain Overton
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Four Years On, Settlement or Attrition in Ukraine | SANE Policy Institute | February 26, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster, Cesar Jaramillo
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New global study: long after war, injuries from landmines and explosives kill nearly 4 in 10 victims | The Conversation | February 25, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster
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Withdrawal Without Accountability: The UAE's Unanswered Crimes in Yemen | DAWN | February 25, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster, Afrah Nasser
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Weapons, Private Military and Security Companies, and International Law: A Critical Analysis of the Fifth Draft of the United Nations Instrument on PMSCs | Geneva Academy | February 24, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster
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Europe’s fragmented rearmament undermines its own security | Euractiv | February 21, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, Florence Foster
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A multi-country epidemiological analysis of mortality from landmines and other explosive ordnance | Communications Medicine | February 19, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster
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The missing weapons: the weapons behind most explosive violence in the hottest conflicts around the world go unreported | Action on Armed Violence | January 27, 2026. | Iain Overton
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Why did Britain’s arms licensing regime to Israel ignore the genocidal language by Israel’s leadership? | Action on Armed Violence | January 19, 2026. | Iain Overton
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Countries Leave Mine Ban Treaty | Arms Control Today | January 16, 2026. | Jeff Abramson
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Defiant not Naïve: The Ottawa Treaty Today | Open Canada | January 13, 2026. | Erin Hunt
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States Should Protect Civilians, Defend International Law from Challenges to Mine Ban Treaty | Disarmament Dialogue | November 30, 2025. | Bonnie Docherty
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Are defence stocks too high? | Action on Armed Violence | October 27, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Did Britain fly at least 623 spy flights over Gaza? AOAV’s data suggests so | Action on Armed Violence | October 22, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Ukraine-Russia war is not about borders. We've watched it become about survival. | Opinion | USA Today | October 22, 2025. | Sera Koulabdara
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Universities as military-industrial watchdogs: British colleges must never offer to monitor students for arms firms | Action on Armed Violence | October 9, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Mercenaries in the Battlespace: Assessing How Private Military Companies Shape Escalation Management, Deterrence, and WMD Risks | Stimson Center | October 6, 2025. | Elias Yousif, Brian Castner, Rachel Stohl
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Ukraine’s other war: the battle against drug-resistant bacteria | Action on Armed Violence | October 1, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Tamar Gabelnick – Mines Don’t Choose Their Victims | United Nations | September 26, 2025. | Tamar Gabelnick
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War’s Silent Legacy: Managing the Explosive Remnants of War | The Loop | September 26, 2025. | Henrique Garbino
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