Key issues

News

Former military leaders send clear message to the UK Government ahead of cluster bomb treaty
19 May 2008
As negotiations begin in Dublin for a treaty banning cluster bombs, a group of senior former military leaders have spoken out against these weapons that have caused harm to civilians for over 40 years

Publications

Counting the cost- The economic impact of cluster munition contamination in Lebanon
27 May 2008
This report seeks to estimate and project the economic cost of cluster munition contamination resulting from the 2006 conflict in Lebanon.

A convention beyond the Convention
19 May 2008
During the conferences of the Oslo Process some states have argued that the Convention text should be weakened so as to make it more likely that states either not currently taking part in the process, or within the process but expressing reservations will eventually sign. This report looks at how prohibition agreements have had relevance far beyond their formal terms and official signatories. The stigmatization of certain categories of weapons and methods of attack has been an important outcome of past deliberations and international treaties. It examines lessons learnt from a number of weapons prohibitions in order to substantiate these claims about the past importance and future potential of stigma.

Cluster munitions- A survey of legal responses
March 2008
This report provides a survey of legal responses to specific incidents of cluster munition use over the last ten years.