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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Are landmines legitimate self-defence? The folly of leaving the Ottawa Convention | The Loop | September 24, 2025. | Henrique Garbino
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The Medical Impacts of Thermobaric Weapons: A Scoping Review | Military Medicine | September 15, 2025. | Hannah Wild, Ari Tolany
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UK Surveillance Flights Over Gaza: Are We Israel’s Useful Idiots? | Byline Times | September 9, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Silent Killers Episode 5 : "A New Generation of Disarmemnt Leaders | International Campaign to Ban Landmines | September 8, 2025. | Erin Hunt
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80 years since the end of World War II, a dangerous legacy lingers in the Pacific | The Conversation | September 1, 2025. | Stacey Pizzino
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OpEd: On World Humanitarian Day, we honor Senator Batman! | AsAmNews | August 19, 2025. | Sera Koulabdara
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A culture of impunity: accountability failures in Britain’s armed forces | Action on Armed Violence | July 30, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Impact of Libyan arms proliferation after NATO intervention in Africa: the role of the UK and France’s air campaigns and their impact on regional destabilisation | Action on Armed Violence | July 28, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Ukraine ‘Suspends’ Vital Mine Ban Treaty | Human Rights Watch | July 24, 2025. | Bonnie Docherty
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Exporting risk: how UK arms sales overlap with countries using explosive weapons in populated areas | Action on Armed Violence | July 20, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Profits from fire: how MBDA’s UK links tie Britain to Bombs dropped on Gaza | Action on Armed Violence | July 17, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Britain’s military embrace of Israel’s war on Gaza examined | Action on Armed Violence | June 17, 2025. | Iain Overton
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AI in Gaza: Live from Mexico City | with Wanda Muñoz and others | June 13, 2025. | Wanda Muñoz
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Permissive US firearm laws blamed for thousands of child deaths | Action on Armed Violence | June 11, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Nukes, Landmines, and Disarmament: A Conversation with Matthew Breay Bolton - Part II | New Frontiers podcast | June 2, 2025. | Matthew Breay Bolton
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Kill codes and command lines: understanding the rise of algorithmic warfare | Action on Armed Violence | May 30, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Pragmatic engagement: advancing non-humanitarian drivers of restraint | Armed Groups and International Law | May 28, 2025. | Henrique Garbino
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Pragmatic engagement: advancing non-humanitarian drivers of restraint | Armed Groups and International Law | May 27, 2025. | Henrique Garbino
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Perustuuko jalkaväkimiinojen pelotevaikutus Suomen valmiuteen vahingoittaa niillä itseään? | (Is the deterrent effect of anti-personnel mines based on Finland's readiness to harm itself with them?) | May 23, 2025. | Henrique Garbino
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Considering Victim Assistance and Remediation Provisions for a Treaty on Killer Robots | International Disarmament Institute | May 15, 2025. | Matthew Breay Bolton
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Murder in Uniform: Britain’s Special Forces and Their Killings in Afghanistan | Byline Times | May 15, 2025. | Iain Overton
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Nukes, Landmines, and Disarmament: A Conversation with Matthew Breay Bolton | New Frontiers podcast | May 14, 2025. | Matthew Breay Bolton
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Drones armados y poder en América Latina | Perfil | May 3, 2025. | Maria Pia Devoto
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UB-105 Chemical Warfare Agent Imitator Munitions in Ukraine | The Hoplite | May 2, 2025. | Patrick Senft
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A Hazard to Human Rights: Autonomous Weapons Systems and Digital Decision-Making | Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School | April 28, 2025. | Bonnie Docherty
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