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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Inteligencia Artificial y Derechos de Personas con Discapacidad: riesgos y oportunidades desde perspectivas éticas y de derechos humanos

UNESCO | August 27, 2026.

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Perspectivas feministas de la IA en el ámbito militar

IA Feminista | August 27, 2026.

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Britain Weighs Wider Arms Restrictions On Israel As Burnham Government Signals Policy Shift

AOAV | August 13, 2026.

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First Committee Monitor Vol.22 No.5 | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 22, No. 5 | Matthew Breay Bolton, Ray Acheson, Hine-Wai Loose
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First Committee Monitor Vol.22 No.5 | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 22, No. 5 | Matthew Breay Bolton, Ray Acheson, Hine-Wai Loose
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Ari Tolany on Arms Sales and Oversight | Security Dilemma podcast | October 30, 2024. | Wanda Muñoz, Ari Tolany
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Ari Tolany on Arms Sales and Oversight | Security Dilemma podcast | October 30, 2024. | Wanda Muñoz, Ari Tolany
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First Committee Monitor Vol.22 No.4 | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 22, No. 4 | Matthew Breay Bolton, Ray Acheson, Hine-Wai Loose
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Is Wagner a Model for Other Mercenary Groups? | Stimson Center | October 25, 2024. | Brian Castner
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The Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (Extracct): A Roadmap For Reducing Preventable Death Among Civilian Casualties Of Explosive Injury | JMU Scholarly Commons | October 24, 2024. | Hannah Wild
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Nobel Increases Pressure on States to Join Nuclear Weapons Ban:Peace Prize Affirms Humanitarian Disarmament Approach | Human Rights Watch | October 11, 2024. | Bonnie Docherty
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The Convention on Cluster Munitions under Pressure: States Parties’ Reaction to the Lithuanian Withdrawal | Disarmament Dialogue | October 4, 2024. | Tamar Gabelnick
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Differential identification of M825 WP and M150 HC smoke artillery projectiles | Armament Research Services | October 2, 2024. | N.R. Jenzen-Jones
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Arms & Gender: 10 years after the Arms Trade Treat | Gender Equity Network for Small Arms Control (GENSAC) | September 30, 2024. | Maria Pia Devoto
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It Wasn’t Because of Human Rights:' Exploring the Limited Use of Landmines by Colombian Paramilitary Groups | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism | September 12, 2024. | Henrique Garbino
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It wasn’t because of human rights:’ exploring the limited use of landmines by Colombian paramilitary groups | Studies in Conflict & Terrorism | September 12, 2024. | Henrique Garbino
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Reflections on the ATT at 10 Years and Hopes for the Next Decade | Stimson Center | August 22, 2024. | Hector Guerra, Elizabeth Kirkham
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Views on the Arms Trade Treaty | Stimson Center | August 22, 2024. | Hector Guerra, Elizabeth Kirkham
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Hacia una política de Inteligencia Artificial centrada en los derechos humanos: Oprtunidades y Recomendaciones | Zenodo | August 10, 2024. | Wanda Muñoz
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Op-ed: the UK’s arms trade with Israel needs a rethink and fast | Action on Armed Violence | August 5, 2024. | Iain Overton
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The ongoing use of small arms: How long do people have to face insecurity | Annapurna Post News | July 18, 2024. | Purna Shova Chitrakar
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Hiruni Alwishewa | Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024. | Natalie Davidson, Patrick Senft, Racheal Wanyana, Hiruni Alwishewa
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Natalie Davidson | Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024. | Natalie Davidson, Patrick Senft, Racheal Wanyana, Hiruni Alwishewa
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Patrick Senft | Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024. | Natalie Davidson, Patrick Senft, Racheal Wanyana, Hiruni Alwishewa
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Racheal Wanyana | Forum on the Arms Trade | July 3, 2024. | Natalie Davidson, Patrick Senft, Racheal Wanyana, Hiruni Alwishewa
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Protecting children with disabilities in armed conflict | The Lancet | June 18, 2024. | Hannah Wild
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Protecting civilians in conflict: the urgency of implementing the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas | International Committee of the Red Cross | April 22, 2024. | Laura Boillot
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How Laos Can Lead ASEAN on Environmental Issues | Inkstick | April 19, 2024. | Sera Koulabdara
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