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Global Landmine Casualties Reach Four-Year High Amid Conflict Surge
01 Dec 2025 14:24 GMT
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Deaths and injuries caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) reached … of landmines, citing the military threat posed by Russia.
The Landmine Monitor … civilians, with women and children accounting for almost half of those casualties …
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Landmine casualties hit 4-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar
01 Dec 2025 14:35 GMT
… landmine incidents in 2024, mostly civilians, marking the highest toll since 2020Old landmines … the Landmine Monitor 2025 report. Nearly 90% of victims were civilians, with … Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines. The treaty, which came into …
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Landmine campaigners warn of regression
01 Dec 2025 13:45 GMT
… based International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL … and to ensure that landmines are no longer produced, … 166 countries have joined the landmine ban so far, including … around 90% of victims were civilians, many of them children.
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Landmine casualties hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty
01 Dec 2025 09:53 GMT
… Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit … the Landmine Monitor 2025 report. Nearly 90% were civilians, with … Convention banning anti-personnel landmines in the face of … Myanmar, non-signatories, used landmines extensively, the report said. …
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Landmines: Action Needed to Reinforce Ban
01 Dec 2025 08:35 GMT
… global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives but faces serious threats … leaving the treaty and new landmine use, Human Rights Watch said today in … thousands of casualties and contaminating vast tracts of land. Human Rights Watch reported …
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States Should Protect Civilians, Defend International Law from Challenges to Mine Ban Treaty
30 Nov 2025 11:12 GMT
… unlawful use of landmines has caused hundreds of civilian casualties. Despite being a … of more civilian casualties by paving the way to greater antipersonnel landmine use … areas of international humanitarian and human rights law. In so doing, they …
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Defence Ministry Dismisses Thai Claims over Landmine Inciden...
30 Nov 2025 01:21 GMT
… Thailand’s allegations regarding a landmine explosion on Nov. 29 that … , heard the sound of a landmine explosion. A subsequent inspection confirmed … clear landmines left from past wars to protect lives, ensure safety, and …
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Thai Army slams Cambodia for continuing landmine use after Chinese man injured crossing the border
29 Nov 2025 12:27 GMT
… , and stepping on a landmine. The incident occurred in … as heavily contaminated with landmines. He explained that the … landmines strategically placed to obstruct Thai military operations and put civilians … Thai-Cambodian border.
The landmine found in the recent …
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Azerbaijani Ombudsman participates in UN Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva
27 Nov 2025 10:11 GMT
… Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva
The Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of … of business and human rights.
The Ombudsman noted that the landmine threat continues … Ombudsman Institution on business and human rights in Azerbaijan. The sides also …
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Chinese national injured by landmine at Thailand-Cambodia border
29 Nov 2025 12:19 GMT
… had been injured by a landmine explosion at the Thailand- … national was injured by a landmine explosion at the Thailand- … issues that might affect their safety. In case of emergency, … to detect, report, and clear landmines and explosives along the Cambodia …