US Landmine Policy: Time for Change
“In general, I strongly support international initiatives to limit harm to civilians caused by conventional weapons,” Barack Obama said during his campaign. “As president, I will help lead the way on...
View ArticleInternational Mine Awareness Day: US Advocacy Groups Call on White House to...
In marking International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, advocacy groups called on the US to lend its support to the global ban on antipersonnel landmines. Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleWhy I Have Joined the International Committee on Robot Arms Control
“Military robots and remote-controlled weapons pose a range of concerns but a line should be drawn at fully autonomous weapons,” says Article 36, one of several advocacy organizations calling for...
View ArticleIs Canada ‘Dropping the Ball’ on Landmines and Cluster Munitions?
Canada played such an important role in championing the cause of banning and clearing landmines in the 1990s that the Antipersonnel Landmine Ban Treaty is called the Ottawa Convention. It was also in...
View ArticleProposal for an International Convention on Robotic Weapons
Reflecting a trend toward the outsourcing and technologizing of warfare, robots — aerial drones, armed ground robots, automated turrets, autonomous torpedoes — are becoming an increasing presence on...
View ArticleSign Petition Calling on Obama to Join the Mine Ban Treaty!
In 2009, the Obama Administration announced that they were conducting a policy review of US policy on landmines, which had backslid during the Bush Administration from an already rather moribund...
View ArticleUS Close to Announcing Result of Landmine Policy Review
Despite campaigning in 2008 on the promise that he would “lead the way” on “international initiatives to limit harm to civilians caused by conventional weapons”, President Barack Obama maintained the...
View ArticleUS Landmine Policy Review: Supposedly Ending “Soon”, Still Stalled for Now
It’s been 4 years & we’re still waiting for an announcement of the #US #landmine policy review. #banminesusa pic.twitter.com/yH1PylzC0n — USCBL (@banminesusa) November 1, 2013 When he was...
View ArticleProgress on Landmines in 2014
The new Landmine Monitor* report has recorded “the lowest number of new casualties ever and the completion of clearance obligations in four states.” In other good news, Oman acceded to the treaty in...
View ArticleLandmines and Environmental Degradation in War
In this a new article written with Doug Weir from the Toxic Weapons of War Project, we examine how the politics of war, the environment and humanitarianism since the 1970s have influenced state and...
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