Category: News
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Braille Information Brochures Facilitate Access to Higher Education for Students with Disabilities
Ahead of the upcoming university enrolment period in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania, we would like to remind students with visual impairments that Braille information brochures are available, providing information on universities, study programmes, inclusive education, and available forms of support throughout their studies. The brochures are available at: These brochures serve as an…
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Protect civilians- Keep Landmines out of Europe
Landmines do not disappear when wars end. They remain in the ground, killing and maiming civilians long after—children walking to school, families travelling by car, or farmers using tractors. Poland and Finland are now preparing to produce AP mines, and politicians in other European states are suggesting they leave the Mine Ban Treaty. The ban…
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Invest in Peace, Invest in Mine Action
The world marks the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on 4 April, reaffirming the essential role mine action plays in securing peace, enabling recovery, and driving sustainable development. This year’s global theme, “Invest in Peace, Invest in Mine Action,” highlights a fundamental truth: peace cannot be sustained where landmines, cluster…
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2025 Intersessional Meetings
The intersessional meetings on mine action began today, June 17, 2025, at the International Conference Center in Geneva, with the participation of hundreds of delegates representing states, international and non-governmental organizations working toward a world free of anti-personnel mines. This year’s meeting topics focus on the current state of demining in mine-affected countries, as well…
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Call for photos for Monitor publications
The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor is looking for photos for its 2025 publications. We are looking for photos taken in 2024 and 2025 which explore: Send high resolution photos to email: monitor@icblcmc.org. The call is open until June 18, 2025. Detailed information about the invitation can be viewed here
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Mines are still a great danger to the population
On the occasion of April 4th, the International Mine Awareness Day, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30 years after the end of the war, is still facing the problem of landmines. Mines and unexploded ordnance pose a great danger to the population. The International Mine Awareness Day aims to raise awareness about the dangers of mines and…
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Global Fight Against Landmines Under Threat: Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Campaign Urges Stronger Commitment
The international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel landmines faces unprecedented threats, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), 1997 Nobel Peace Co-Laureate, warns on the 26th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty’s entry into force on 1 March 1999. “Over the past 25 years, the Mine Ban Treaty has garnered widespread international support and made a lasting…
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Happy New Year 2025!
The year 2024 was a year of challenges, achievements, and lessons learned. We grew, changed, learned, and worked hard to do the best we know and can. Together with our partners, who have been our strong support every year, we worked on strengthening and empowering individuals and communities with the desire to create an environment…
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Fifth Review Conference on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Fifth Review Conference (5RC) of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on Their Destruction, also known as the Ottawa Convention will be held from November 25-29, 2024 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia named this conference “The Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free Word”. The purpose…