Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Implementing Commitments, Promoting Compliance
As 2025 draws to a close, November and December saw significant activity across core humanitarian disarmament issues, particularly the useContinue Reading
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States Should Protect Civilians, Defend International Law from Challenges to Mine Ban Treaty
Bonnie Docherty and Gerry Simpson, Human Rights Watch The four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion have left Ukraine littered withContinue Reading
Joint Civil Society Statement on Ukraine’s Unlawful Suspension of the Mine Ban Treaty
This statement is also available in العربية, Italiana, and Español. This statement has been signed by 5 humanitarian disarmament coalitionsContinue Reading
Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Protecting the Past, Looking to the Future
As the busiest month in the disarmament calendar concludes, key developments centered around the earliest and most recent issues ofContinue Reading
Joint Civil Society Statement on Humanitarian Disarmament at UN General Assembly’s First Committee
At a session of the UN General Assembly’s First Committee on Disarmament and International Security on October 17, 2025, civilContinue Reading
Proposed Mine Ban Treaty Withdrawal: Response from Humanitarian Disarmament Campaigns
This statement is also available in Deutsch, español, and français. As global civil society coalitions working to reduce the catastrophicContinue Reading
Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Policy Shifts and Tech Decisions Raise New Concerns
Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative The start of 2025 has been tumultuous, with recent shifts in US foreign policyContinue Reading
Moving the Humanitarian Disarmament Agenda Forward in 2025
Susi Snyder, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) The humanitarian disarmament agenda faces critical challenges in 2025. Judging fromContinue Reading
Key Developments in Humanitarian Disarmament: Ongoing Challenges, Undaunted Advocacy
Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection Initiative While ongoing armed conflict and threats to existing treaties and their norms made 2024Continue Reading
Opportunities after the UNGA Resolution on Autonomous Weapons: Moving Toward a New Treaty
Elizabeth Minor, Article 36 Earlier this month, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution on autonomous weapons systems, with aContinue Reading