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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 Ban Landmines – Australian Network Inc (ICBL-AN Inc). The Convention on Cluster...
The Hassani brothers Massoud and Mahmud grew up in a rocky,...
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 Thursday, March 31. March also saw the Marshall Islands’ begin their landmark case...
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 the dream alive for a clean, safe future with no nuclear threat hanging over our...
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 of the treaty and the Oslo process which led to its creation, so this move is...
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 during conflict is a breach of international law. Cluster munitions are...
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 reported that 250 people attended the Launch and 165 books were sold. The...
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 signed the 2008 international Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans their...
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 made the announcement at the Third Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention in...