Campaigns

Landmine Action campaigns for the strengthening of international legislation to protect civilians from the effects of conflict. Landmine Action also has a particular focus on monitoring the UK’s position on conventional weapons issues in domestic and international fora.

Cluster munitions:
Landmine Action supports the process launched in Oslo in February 2007 in which 46 nations agreed to a declaration to work towards a prohibition on cluster munitions by 2008. Landmine Action calls on all governments to immediately stop the use of cluster munitions and engage fully in the process to ban these weapons.

Landmine Action has previously called for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) to negotiate a new Protocol on cluster munitions. However, with the failure of this forum to address the issue seriously during five years of talks and with effective action now being taken by states through other processes, the CCW is no longer the most appropriate place to pursue a meaningful solution to the problem of cluster munitions.

In 2006, as a member of the international Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), Landmine Action launched Product Recall, the UK campaign to ban cluster munitions. The campaign aims to raise public awareness and exert pressure on the UK government to stop their use of cluster munitions and work towards an international ban on the weapons.

Explosive Remnants of War (ERW):
The 2003 CLEAR UP! campaign called for states and other groups involved in conflict to take measures to minimise the risks and effects of explosive remnants of war (ERW) after the fighting has stopped. This campaign resulted in Protocol V of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) which was ratified in May 2006 and came into force on 12 November 2006.

Anti-vehicle mines (AVMs):
Also within the CCW Landmine Action has called for stronger rules to protect civilian populations and humanitarian missions from the impact of anti-vehicle mines. Despite five years of discussions, the CCW failed to make progress towards a legally binding instrument that would effectively address the humanitarian problems posed by these weapons. Landmine Action calls for a prohibition on anti-vehicle mines but would support proposals that would offer any significant enhancement of protection to civilians.

Anti-personnel mines (APMs):
As the UK branch of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), Landmine Action is also monitoring the UK Government’s compliance with their obligation under Article V of the Ottawa Treaty to clear the Falkland Islands of landmines by March 2009.

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