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Standing Committee on Victim Assistance The meeting of the Standing Committee on Victim Assistance will be held from 10:00 on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) building, 7 bis avenue de la Paix, Geneva. Updates from relevant States Parties on challenges and work that remains in applying the victim assistance aspects […]
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, […]
December 18, 2012
World Health Organization (WHO) begins work on first-ever International Guidelines on Rehabilitation The Guidelines on health-related rehabilitation will provide evidence-informed recommendations and guidance to governments and other relevant actors on how to develop, expand and improve the quality of rehabilitation services, particularly in less resourced settings, in line with the recommendations from the World report […]
December 13, 2012
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Panel discussion, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 7 December 2012 The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor research network includes victim assistance researchers who are survivors and researchers from representative groups. A panel discussion at the 12MSP addressed issues ranging from survivors monitoring change on the ground, to monitoring coordination and reporting […]
December 12, 2012
The Twelfth Meeting of States Parties (12MSP) to the Mine Ban Treaty featured landmine survivors prominently, beginning with a statement in the opening session by ICBL Ambassador, Tun Channareth of Cambodia. Interventions by survivors from the ICBL delegation highlighted the humanitarian effects of antipersonnel landmines and underscored the reality that in mine-affected areas, survivors still […]
December 5, 2012
Landmine Monitor Report 2012 Landmine Monitor 2012 is the 14th annual Landmine Monitor report. The 65-page report provides a global overview of developments in victim assistance, casualties, mine ban policy, contamination, clearance and support for mine action. Since the Mine Ban Treaty went into effect, most States Parties with significant numbers of survivors strengthened ownership […]
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 […]
June 19, 2012
In 2011 the ICRC Physical Rehabilitation Programme (PRP) assisted more than 222,000 people through various services at assisted centers in 27 countries. An average of 10% more people received services in ICRC-assisted centers in 2011 than in the previous year. Services included the production of 19,740 prostheses. Overall, 22% of all assisted amputees were mine […]
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 […]
March 22, 2012
21-25 May 2012, Mine Ban Treaty Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, in Geneva The Programme For the Mine Ban Treaty intersessional Standing Committee meetings, including the structure of the Standing Committee on Victim Assistance and Socio-economic Reintegration meeting, is now available at the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention website. The victim assistance sessions will include updates by […]
May 15, 2013
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