by SafeGround | 6 Dec 2016 | Blog, War
Although World War 2 ended over 70 years ago, many communities in what was the Pacific area of operations are still living with dangerous legacies of left over bombs and explosives. Safe Ground researchers have already contributed a considerable amount of research and...
by SafeGround | 6 Sep 2016 | Cluster Munitions, Press release
Read our press release on the 6th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and Australia’s treaty...
by SafeGround | 23 Nov 2014 | Blog, Cluster Munitions
The 27th of November is the global day of action to Stop Explosive Investments in cluster munitions, which will coincide with PAX’s launch of the 2014 update on Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions: A Shared Responsibility report. Although 115 countries have...
by SafeGround | 6 Jul 2014 | Blog, Cluster Munitions, Landmines
In a recent statement, the United States pledged to phase out anti-personnel landmines by allowing its current stockpile to dwindle and take steps to comply with the treaty banning the use of these weapons that kill around 20,000 people per year. US officials...
by SafeGround | 16 Jun 2014 | Blog, Cluster Munitions, Landmines
SafeGround strongly condemns the attack this week on the Mine Detection Centre, a non-government de-mining organisation working in Afghanistan, which has left eight de-miners dead and another three injured. The Mine Detection Centre staff were targeted by an unknown...
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