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“Accountability mechanisms for failures, as regards to [cluster munition] clearance and victim assistance activities, by states acting individually or as troop contributing Nations to international organisations, must be clarified and addressed.” The Council of Europe Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population noted in an opinion on the ban on cluster munitions. The Committee observed: “In […]
April 22, 2013
The third Intersessional Meeting to the CCM was held in Geneva on 15, & 16-18 April 2013. According to recent reporting: of at least 30 states that have responsibility for cluster munition victims, 11 are States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions: Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Montenegro, […]
March 11, 2013
The third Intersessional Meeting to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 15 to 18 April 2013. Technical Workshops Technical workshops will be organised on 15:00, 15 April 2013, in Geneva at the WMO. The objectives of the victim assistance workshop are as follows: To understand victim assistance in […]
September 7, 2012
The Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the CCM takes place in Oslo, Norway, from 11 September 2012. Victim assistance will be discussed on Wednesday 12 September. Update [15/9/12]: Statements from the victim assistance session are now available here States Parties with victim assistance obligations under Article 5 of the CCM (and other states […]
September 6, 2012
Cluster Munition Monitor 2012 was launched in advance of the Convention on Cluster Munitions’ Third Meeting of States Parties, in Oslo, 11 September 2012. The Monitor found that in the two years since the convention entered into force on 1 August 2010, States Parties have reported making more efforts than ever before to improve the […]
May 11, 2012
ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled (SFD): Annual Report 2011 The SFD provides financial, material, technical or training support to rehabilitation centres. In 2011, the SFD assisted 59 centres in 27 countries with material and financial support and conducted missions for technical support, monitoring and contacts with authorities. It contributed to the physical rehabilitation of […]
January 21, 2012
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Survivor Participation in Practice – ICBL Survivor participation is a guiding principle for the ICBL and states have recognized the need for full participation expressed by survivors and others. The Cartagena Action Plan includes commitments to increase survivor participation in all areas of mine action nationally, including mine clearance and victim assistance. This event offered […]
January 21, 2012
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Some international events relevant to victim assistance coming in the first part of 2012: 22-24 January 2012, The 5th International Shafallah Forum, in Doha The Forum will highlight aspects of humanitarian crises from preparedness to response to recovery and rebuilding for persons with disabilities. For more information about the meeting, click here. For more information […]
November 16, 2011
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Victim Assistance in the CCW: No step forward, two steps back By Nerina Cevra, Action on Armed Violence November 2011 In over a decade since the victim assistance was introduced in the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, states have consistently interpreted victim assistance as an obligatory standard, with clear and mandatory implementation measures. This standard has […]
November 16, 2011
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Diplomatic representatives from approximately 100 countries are meeting in Geneva from November 14- 25 for the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), where the main order of business is an effort to conclude negotiations on a new CCW protocol on cluster munitions (Protocol VI) that would allow continued use, production, trade, […]
May 8, 2013
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