Background

Landmine Action was established in 1992 to co-ordinate UK campaigning against anti-personnel mines. This campaign culminated in the Ottawa anti-personnel mine ban Treaty which entered into force in 1999. As the UK arm of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), Landmine Action was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.  Landmine Action has supported the development of new legislation within the Convention on Conventional Weapons and continues to take a leading role in the development and monitoring of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) relating to conventional weapons, including cluster munitions.
Landmine Action works to support the development of sustainable indigenous responses to post conflict contamination, and works through networks of like-minded organisations to promote policy and legal frameworks in support of vulnerable post-conflict communities.
In Sudan, Landmine Action pioneered a ‘cross-lines’ model of mine action – using mine action as a mechanism to bring campaigners from the Government of Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) controlled areas together to build confidence in the immediate post-conflict environment. 
Within the Convention on Conventional Weapons, Landmine Action was a leading NGO advocating for the development of new legislation recognising the post-conflict humanitarian impact of unexploded ordnance, which resulted in the adoption of Protocol V.
Landmine Action continues to build and support coalitions of like-minded organisations and, in particular, to support the engagement of organisations from the south and non-states actors on conventional weapons issues.  Landmine Action has taken a leading role in the development of the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), is a member of the CMC steering committee and the Director of Landmine Action is one of three co-chairs of the coalition.
Landmine Action implements field projects in Western Sahara, Liberia and Guinea Bissau clearing mines and cluster munitions, educating communities about the risks of unexploded ordnance and rehabilitating and reintegrating ex-combatants.
As well as undertaking research, implementing projects and advocating on behalf of conflict affected communities, Landmine Action has also continued to undertake development education work, producing resource packs for schools in partnership with Adopt-A-Minefield.
Landmine Action is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.  We aim to stay small and cost effective while helping partners to grow.