COMUNICATO STAMPA (Roma 1° marzo 2023) si celebra oggi l’anniversario dell’entrata in vigore del Trattato di messa al bando delle mine antipersona, conosciuto anche come Convenzione di Ottawa, avvenuta in seguito alla ratifica del Trattato da parte di 40 Stati, il 1° marzo 1999, per porre fine agli effetti indiscriminati e disumani di queste armi […]

Assistance to victims of antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions has been constantly evolving since it first was included as an obligation in Article 6.3 of the Mine Ban Treaty.

Armenian or allied Nagorno-Karabakh forces repeatedly fired widely banned cluster munitions in attacks on populated areas in Azerbaijan during the six-week war over Nagorno-Karabakh, Human Rights Watch said today.

Dieci anni dopo l’entrata in vigore, il trattato internazionale di messa al bando delle bombe a grappolo, sta avendo un impatto significativo nell’eliminazione di queste armi, nell’assistenza ai paesi contaminati e nella costruzione di un forte stigma contro le bombe cluster.

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is heartened by news this week from the 18th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty that Chile and the United Kingdom have successfully completed their landmine clearance obligations under the treaty.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly used widely banned cluster munitions in residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh, Human Rights Watch said today. During an on-site investigation in Nagorno-Karabakh in October 2020, Human Rights Watch documented four incidents in which Azerbaijan used cluster munitions.