SafeGround Blog
Commentary and updates from the SafeGround teamAn Independent and Peaceful Australia
On the 50th anniversary of the agreement and opening of the Pine Gap joint military base between Australia and the US, the Independent Peaceful Australia Network held a bringing together many organisations, groups, and activists committed to peace. The conference took...
ICAN Pacific Roundtable
On Monday November 21 I attended the ICAN roundtable focusing on the banning of nuclear weapons by Pacific Islands nations. In addition to those of us physically present a number of people joined the meeting via Skype, enabling representation from the Marshall...
Sixth anniversary of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
This month we celebrate the six-year anniversary of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which entered into force on August 1, 2010. SafeGround was actively involved in the movement to bring about the treaty, under our former name, the International Campaign to...
Introducing the Mine Kafon Drone – a novel solution to landmine removal
UPDATE: Mine Kafon have reached their extended funding goal of €130,000! They're now trying to raise another €60,000 to improve their detection methods to cover a wider range of mine types. To support the project and see the Mine Kafon Drone in action via the...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands seeks justice in the Hague
March this year saw two significant events in the history of nuclear energy and disarmament. One, the 2016 Nuclear Industry Summit (NIS 2016), was an industry conference on nuclear security, which took place in Washington, D.C. between Wednesday, March 30 and...
Stories of survival, struggle, and our imperative to ban nuclear weapons
The Black Mist, White Rain speaking tour Melbourne session was held on Tuesday the 5th of April. The event was coordinated by ICAN, and opened by Dr. Phoebe Wynn-Pope of the Australian Red Cross, with the Welcome to Country conducted by Vivian Malo. “I want to keep...
Congratulations to Cuba!
Cuba has now acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CMC) a move which is politically and strategically important. Cuba made a pledge to join the treaty in September 2015 and has now followed through to become a state party. Historically Cuba has been critical...
Alleged use of cluster munitions in Yemen
It has been alleged that cluster munitions were dropped in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, early on January 6, by Saudi-led coalition forces. According to the Human Rights Watch report, the areas affected were residential neighbourhoods and the targeting of civilians...
Launch of children’s book: One Step at a Time
This first Launch of ‘One Step at a Time’ was by award-winning children’s author Phil Cummings as an Adelaide Fringe Festival free event on 21st February. On a 40° day the large Burnside Community Centre Hall was ‘comfortably crowded’. The publisher Anna Solding has...
Stop Explosive Investments: Global day of action
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...
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