Landmines still threaten lives every day. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prévot and Princess Astrid of Belgium call for global action on the Ottawa Convention.

🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOV6...

#MineAction #OttawaConvention #MineFreeWorld #SavingLives

Let's hope we continue putting our money where our mouth is. #OttawaConvention #armscontrol

Everyday innocent civilians fall victim to anti-personnel mines during and after conflicts have ended.

Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.

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Ukraine’s Suspension of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention - Lieber Institute West Point Ukraine suspended the Oslo-Ottawa Convention to establish reciprocity, yet it is problematic from the standpoint of the law of treaties.

On July 17, 2025, #Ukraine suspended operation of the #OttawaConvention. As Robert Kolb explains, Ukraine’s suspension is problematic from the standpoint of the law of treaties. lieber.westpoint.edu/ukraines-sus...

Croatia declares itself mine-free three decades after Yugoslav wars The demining process took more than 30 years and cost about €1.2 billion.

🇭🇷 Croatia has officially declared itself #landmine-free, ending a 30-year clearance effort after the 1991–95 war.
The €1.2 billion programme has made farmland 🌾, forests 🌲 and rural communities 🏡 safe again, while fulfilling the country’s commitments under the #OttawaConvention.

After 30 years of demining, Croatia is officially mine-free! A powerful reminder of what we can achieve together and why the #OttawaConvention and the fight against Anti-Personnel Mines remain important. Huge respect to the deminers who made this possible! #APMs

Finland's withdrawal from Ottawa landmine treaty takes effect Finland can now reintroduce anti-personnel landmines.

#Finland has withdrawn from the #OttawaConvention: yle.fi/a/74-20203518 #landmines

a blue and white flag is flying in the wind ALT: a blue and white flag is flying in the wind

🇫🇮 #Finland has today officially withdrawn from the #OttawaConvention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines.

The country's government made the corresponding decision back in July, and it has now come into force. Finland explained its decision by the deteriorating global security situation.👇

Landmine casualties hit four-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar - Sight Magazine Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar - report.

Landmine casualties hit four-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar @sightmagazine.bsky.social #landmines #Syria #Myanmar #OttawaConvention #Ukraine #Estonia #Finland #Latvia, #Lithuania #Poland #MineBanTreaty

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Thai-Cambodia border: Landmines that sparked clash were likely newly laid, experts say - Sight Magazine PANU WONGCHA-UM and DEVJYOT GHOSHAL report on Thai claims that Cambodia has laid new mines - claims Cambodia denies...

Thai-Cambodia border: Landmines that sparked clash were likely newly laid, experts say. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Thailand #Cambodia #landmines #ThaiCambodiaborder #LandmineMonitor #InternationalCampaigntoBanLandmines #OttawaConvention #CMAA

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Experts: Fresh Landmines Sparked Thai-Cambodia Border Clash The explosion involved PMN-2 mines, a Soviet-era type. Both Thailand and Cambodia are signatories to the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty

Experts: Fresh Landmines Sparked Thai-Cambodia Border Clash

#borderconflict #Cambodia #OttawaConvention #PMN2 #Thailand

Are landmines legitimate self-defence? The folly of leaving the Ottawa Convention The Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, six state parties — Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Ukraine — began the procedure to withdra...

"Justifying retreating from the #OttawaConvention as 'self-defence' sets a dangerous precedent […] Leaving the CCM seems the next step. What follows then? Will states return to chemical weapons—or withdraw from the Geneva Convention?"

H. Garbino & @priscyll.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social

Are landmines legitimate self-defence? The folly of leaving the Ottawa Convention The Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, six state parties — Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Ukraine — began the procedure to withdra...

📝 The #OttawaConvention banning anti-personnel #Landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, 6 state parties began the procedure to withdraw. 
🗣️ @priscyll.bsky.social & Henrique Garbino argue for a critical assessment of this decision and its consequences.
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Eine junge Frau von Handicap International redet in ein Mikro. Neben ihr stehen weitere Demonstrierende mit Bannern.

Bei der heutigen Aktion #KeepLandminesBanned am Brandenburger Tor erinnerte Veronika Wies von HI Deutschland: Landminen müssen verboten bleiben. ❗

Über 80% der Opfer sind Zivilist*innen – oft Kinder. Der #Verbotsvertrag muss weiter gestärkt werden.
#mineban #banmines #ottawaconvention

Thailand accuses Cambodia of landmine treaty breach, appeals for global humanitarian action Thailand urges global action after accusing Cambodia of landmine treaty breach, warning renewed use threatens human dignity

Pope Francis called landmines “insidious and cruel devices” that prevent reconciliation, while St. John Paul II urged their total ban, saying the suffering they cause “cries out to heaven.” #Cambodia #Thailand #BorderConflict #OttawaConvention #pmn2 #landmine

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Finland to reintroduce landmines in January The Finnish Defence Forces will reintroduce anti-personnel mines early next year, while accelerating the adoption of unmanned technologies.

And now: Fingers crossed that other countries will not take Finland as a role model here and that the achievements of the #OttawaConvention in preventing cruel deaths (particularly in the Global South) will not be undone.

Thailand to lodge protest against Cambodia for 4th landmine blasting incident | Bangkok Tribune FacebookTweetLinkedInPin In a month, at least 12 Thai soldiers have been injured in consecutive landmine

Thailand to lodge protest against Cambodia for 4th landmine blasting incident

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#Landmines #NewlyPlanted #Violation #OttawaConvention #Protest

#BangkokTribune

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#China #Russia, #Trump #Zelenskyy, #Slovakia #RussiaSanctions, #Denmark, #Ukraine v #OttawaConvention, #Gaza #Famine, #Immigration, #SocialSecurity, #TrumpLawyers, #Ethics, #SCOTUS v #SeparationOfPowers, #Trump #Musk #XAI
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What Is Left After Leaving Ottawa? - Lieber Institute West Point Withdrawal from Ottawa Convention does not mean lawlessness in the use of APMs as they continue to be regulated by general IHL principles.

The abandonment of the #OttawaConvention by some States is far from ideal and should be avoided where possible. Inna Zavorotko and Oleksii Plotnikov explore possible alternatives and ask what remains for States that choose to withdraw from the Convention. lieber.westpoint.edu/what-left-af...

Alarm raised by withdrawals from anti-personnel mine treaty Author: Peter Clarkin, MAJuly 10. 2025HRRC is deeply concerned with the potential withdrawal of six countries from the Ottawa Convention. Anti-personnel mines present a severe risk to the life of mill...

6 countries may withdraw from the #OttawaConvention, a treaty banning the use of #AntiPersonnelMines.
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#HumanRights #News #Landmines #Disarmament #WarCrimes #HRRC

"We need to do this": Facing battlefield setbacks, Ukraine withdraws from mine ban treaty - Sight Magazine MAX HUNDER and IVAN LYUBYSH-KIRDEY, of Reuters, report on Ukraine's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention...

“We need to do this”: Facing battlefield setbacks, Ukraine withdraws from mine ban treaty. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #landmines #OttawaConvention #antipersonnelmines #InternationalCampaigntoBanLandmines #TamarGabelnick

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Ukraine Symposium – Ukraine and the Future of the Ottawa Convention - Lieber Institute West Point Ukraine's “political” decision to cease performance of “irrelevant” Ottawa Convention commitments implies a more immediate effect.

#Ukraine announced its intention to cease performing “irrelevant obligations” of the #OttawaConvention. @duncanhollis.bsky.social analyzes Ukraine’s decision as it has not publicly qualified its withdrawal as a denunciation. lieber.westpoint.edu/ukraine-futu...

#Switzerland is concerned by recent withdrawals from the #OttawaConvention. Mines kill and maim indiscriminately, causing devastating human and economic impacts long after conflicts end. We urge States Parties to uphold this vital instrument and its procedures.

Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are either in the process of or are considering withdrawing from the international treaty prohibiting anti-personnel mines.

Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief

#ArmsControl #Landmines #OttawaConvention

The use of antipersonnel landmines has been eradicated from the European continent for the past 30 years. Now they are back, and it is tragic. We acknowledge Ukraine’s right to defend itself in the context of an ongoing war. Many reports show that antipersonnel landmines are no longer effective in modern warfare. Antipersonnel mines cause long-term contamination and pose grave risks to civilian populations. Globally, over 84% of landmine victims are civilians. The use of these weapons endangers lives not only during conflict but for decades afterward, hindering reconstruction, safe return of displaced communities, and long-term peacebuilding.

We call on Ukraine and all states to uphold international humanitarian norms and to prioritize the protection of civilians above all else. We are deeply concerned by Ukraine's decision to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty. In addition, withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention during an active armed conflict is not authorised by the Convention. We urge all States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty to take all necessary diplomatic measures to prevent any further weakening of a fundamental international norm for the protection of civilians.

#Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the #OttawaConvention banning anti-personnel mines.

Ukraine becomes the 6th state to do so, after #Finland #Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania.

🔴Leaving the Ottawa Convention risks heavily impacting civilians.

👇Read @hi-federation.bsky.social 's statement:

Opinion | Europe Is Making a Big Mistake

"By focusing on #defense at the expense of all else, it risks taking the European Union not forward but backward. Rather than a major advance, breakneck rearmament could well amount to a historic mistake." #militarization #ArmsIndustry #OttawaConvention www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

Ukraine is withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines. The corresponding decree has been signed by Zelensky 🇺🇦
#RussianUkrainianWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine #War #SupportUkraine #SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine #StopWar #OttawaConvention #Zelensky

Ukraine on track to withdraw from Ottawa anti-personnel mines treaty, Zelenskiy decree shows - Sight Magazine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention.

Ukraine on track to withdraw from Ottawa anti-personnel mines treaty, Zelenskiy decree shows @sightmagazine.bsky.social #OttawaConvention #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #VolodymyrZelenskiy #antipersonnellandmines #Poland #Finland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania

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youtube.com/shorts/s-Uil... @silvermansecurity.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @aravosis.bsky.social @johngcole.bsky.social No surprise. 🫤 #OttawaConvention #WarInUkraine 🌻

Zelensky signs decree to withdraw from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, lawmaker says

🇺🇦 💥 🚫 💣 📜 ❌ 🇨🇦 #Ukraine #OttawaConvention