Center for International Stabilization and Recovery

Other CWD Resources

1. Standards & Policy

2. International Law

3. CWD News Sources 

4. Research and Technology

5. Organizations - The Global Mine Action Registry

   • Mine Action Centers
   • Nongovernmental Organizations
   • Governmental Organizations
   • Commercial Organizations

6. Reports & Publications

Standards & Policy Documents 

• U.S. Landmine Policy

• U.S. Cluster Munitions Policy

• International Mine Action Standards

• Integrating Mine Action with Development - Enhancing Use of Landmine/ERW Hazard Information by Economic Development Actors - FINAL REPORT (pdf)

• Integrating Mine Action with Development - Enhancing Use of Landmine/ERW Hazard Information by Economic Development Actors - Operational Guidelines for Mine Action Centers (pdf)

International Law Links

• Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed To Be Excessively Injurious Or To Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW)

• Convention on the Prohibition of Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction (Mine Ban Treaty)

• Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• ICRC International Law Database

CWD News Sources

• AlertNet

• CISR Blog on Tumblr

• IRIN News

• U.N. Mine Action Gateway

• U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research 

• U.S. Department of State's Consular Information Sheets

• U.S. Department of State's Official blog "DipNote"

• ReliefWeb 

• UXOInfo.com 

• War Child International - Stop Landmines

Research & Technology Links

• Howstuffworks: How Landmines Work

• Minewolf Systems

• U.S. Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Research & Development

• U.S. Department of Defense Humanitarian Demining Training Center

National Mine Action Centers

• Albania

• Afghanistan

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Cambodia

• Croatia

• Lebanon

• Serbia

• Sri Lanka

• Sudan

• Tajikistan

• Vietnam

Reports & Publications

• The CIA World Factbook
  
  
• Counter-IED Report
  
  
• Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
  
  
• Landmine and Cluster Munitions Monitor
  
  
• To Walk the Earth in Safety, Documenting the United States' Commitment to Conventional Weapons Destruction
  
  
• UNDP Publications
  
  
• UNMAS Publications