⚡️BREAKING ⚡️161 states #VoteAgainstTheMachine at the UN General Assembly mandating NYC talks on #KillerRobots with ALL states for the first time! Read more: stopkillerrobots.org/news/161-state…

Our statement to the CCW on #ewipa #incendiary weapons #killerrobots and the current crisis of international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians in armed conflict article36.org/updates/articl…

“A double standard leaves us with no standards at all.  And without a focus on the purpose of civilian protection, the law will become just a prop that is used to justify continued violence.” Article36

Remarks from Alma Taslidžan of HI_Advocacy today on the second anniversary of the adoption of the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons. “The need to protect civilians has never been more pressing. The Political Declaration stands as a vital step in this mission.”

Another international ban broken. Don’t let the Biden administration tell you they’re the defender of norms or intl law. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

There has been new use of antipersonnel landmines by Russia, Myanmar, Iran and North Korea in 2024. New use risks undermining the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines. Learn more: bit.ly/40WVXdU

The starting point for Article 36’s work is recognition that state discussions are too narrow in focus - weighted towards narrow physical ideas of protection and legal compliance. Protecting civilians should stand above the framework of the law lieber.westpoint.edu/towards-full-p…

🚨HI condemns the decision of the Biden administration Department of State to reverse its #landmine policy and to transfer antipersonnel landmines to #Ukraine, as reported by The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/national-secur… 👇Read our statement:

The importance of maintaining & reinforcing established norms & preserving the effectiveness of existing humanitarian disarmament treaties is a shared responsibility among states valuing the protective fabric of #IHL...to protect civilians in armed conflicts. #CCM12MSP President

Read MAG’s statement on the decision by the US Government to provide anti-personnel landmines to #Ukraine: buff.ly/4fR2rz6

ICBL Condemns #US Decision to Transfer Antipersonnel Landmines to #Ukraine bit.ly/3CBuwMB

Despite the well-documented risk to civilians, the Biden administration has taken a reprehensible decision to send antipersonnel #landmines to Ukraine - Human Rights Watch's statement hrw.org/news/2024/11/2…

The Biden administration plans to send internationally banned antipersonnel landmines to Ukraine. Mary Wareham details this "shocking and devastating" development:

The US decision to transfer landmines to Ukraine is reckless. It marks an abandonment of intl law & risks undermining years of progress in establishing rules and norms against weapons ICBL article36.org/updates/transf…

More than 1,000 people were killed or wounded by #landmines in #Myanmar last year as fighting between junta military & armed groups intensified, acc. to the 2024 The Monitor report & Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2024/11/2… Who are the victims behind these numbers? hrw.org/news/2024/11/2…

American transfer of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine is illegal and must be reversed npaid.org/news/norwegian…

The US’s decision to transfer landmines to Ukraine will harm civilians. If states that claim to stand on the side of law do not speak out when allies ignore legal treaties we are simply spiralling ever closer to a world without rules and norms article36.org/updates/steppi…

Thailand🇹🇭 endorses the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas #EWIPA 📜, the 88th state to do so - great news! We call on all states to join this important Declaration on the protection of civilians: 👉EWIPA.org

#AUPSC also called on Member states who have not yet done so to adhere to the Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas( EWIPA) political declaration adopted in 2022 and for Member States to review security policies to address EWIPA challenges.