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 Mette Eliseussen | 15 Aug 2016 | Blog, 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...
by Lorel Thomas | 12 Apr 2016 | Blog, Cluster Munitions
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...
by Matilda Byrne | 11 Jan 2016 | Blog, Cluster Munitions, War
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...
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...
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