CISR News

Returning cultivated lands on Tajik-Afghan border to local communities

Newly constructed border roads have improved security and facilitated humanitarian access to high-altitude minefields

Small steps have a big impact for Yemeni civilians

Explosive hazards and clearance operations

The UXO/Demining Caucus presents A Celebration of Mine Awareness Day

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Afghanistan’s dangerous legacy unearthed

The HALO Trust and DMAC collaborate closely in the planning and delivery of all humanitarian mine action activities

To Walk the Earth in Safety report showcases U.S. global leadership in landmine clearance and conventional weapons destruction

The 20th edition of TWEIS rolls out this afternoon!

Afghanistan’s first female deminers

An analysis of perception changes among deminers, families and communities

24th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers

Participants are invited to register online

New U.S.-funded project will clear mines from contaminated Cambodian land

The project is funded by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

Numerous wartime munitions removed from the foundation of a house under construction in Dong Ha, Vietnam

The EOD team found 22 different explosive ordnance and more than 350 small arms ammunitions

New Technologies and Methodologies for Explosive Ordnance Risk Education

A view from other sectors

A premier professional development opportunity

CISR and State Department continue successful fellowship

Pentagon funds killer robots but ethics are under debate

Can we teach machines to fight ethically?

17th International Symposium – Mine Action 2021

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Reminder: Tuesday, March 23, is JMU Giving Day!

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The 4th Advanced Explosives and Ordnance Training Seminar

Fly to and from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, February 14–18, 2022

Conversations With Leading Women: Beyond 2021 in Post-Conflict Development

Participate in this April 6 Global Humanitarian Week event by registering online

The Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action in Jordan

You're invited to the April 1 webinar

Humanitarianism in Action: Security and Peace in Central Africa

Register for the virtual book talk as part of CISR's Global Humanitarian Week 2021

The victims of Agent Orange the U.S. has never acknowledged

Generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences

Beyond the square metres cleared: Mine action and development

Join Development Dialogues this Thursday 10–11:30 a.m. EDT

Empowering women in peace and security: Growing U.S. partnerships through Political-Military Affairs

Conventional weapons destruction

Giving Day returns March 23!

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Clearing the Path

A discussion on landmines and mine action

International Women's Day

Choose to challenge

Explosions in Equatorial Guinea kill at least 20, injure hundreds

The explosions took place at a military camp

Bomb squad called after landmine found by metal detectorist, 17, close to IWM Duxford

The EOD team determined that it was a dummy version of a Tellermine 35

Using social media to protect civilians from landmines and other explosive hazards

The U.S. State Department teamed up with MAG and Facebook on a pilot project that delivered risk education to Iraqis via Facebook ads

Lebanese association launches initiative to provide free prosthetic limbs for cluster bombs' victims

Providing people with limbs has become an urgent matter given the psychological and social implications for the lifestyle of this group of people

Landmine blast kills 2 children in NW Pakistan: police

Militants had planted a large number of landmines during their control in parts of tribal areas

Landmine clearance said to make way for IDP returns in some Arakan townships

Landmine clearance will be carried out in phases in some townships where IDPs are returning home

Seven Maoists caught laying land mines in Mulugu

The explosives were seized from Maoists in the Pamunuru forest area on Tuesday

Childhood under attack

A timeline of harm following an explosive blast

Cambodia commits to removing UXO by 2025

To achieve the target of 2025, extra resources will need to be deployed and the rate of landmine clearance will need to speed up

Snipers, landmines, death

Life on Yemen's frontline

Meet the women clearing Angola's landmines

"I think it’s important that women do this work, not just men"

‘A ghost that haunts’

Living with landmines in Kashmir

The history of land mines

A weapon that won't go away

Legacies of war, ironically, have brought Vietnam and the U.S. closer together

There emerged a consensus that America should take some responsibility for the consequences of the massive bombing that had occurred during the Vietnam war

Proof: How small drones can find buried landmines in the desert using airborne IR thermography

The Journal of CWD

Legacies of conflict

Despite huge progress, the landmine crisis continues

A lethal harvest in Cambodia

“After my children were born, I had to use the land that had mines on it to farm”

Explosive ordnance victims and risk education: Lessons learned from Colombia 2012–2019

The Journal of CWD

‘Making our home safe again’: Meet the women who clear land mines

After decades of war, more and more women are working to remove lethal mines and IEDs from the fields and cities of their homelands

Assessing Ukraine's victim assistance capacities

The Journal of CWD

Black History Month: Black firsts at James Madison University

A timeline dedicated to the firsts who paved the way to have courses, jobs, and a voice for many Black and minority students at JMU

Strengthening a sustainable national capacity for gender and diversity mainstreaming in mine action

The Journal of CWD

CALL FOR PAPERS: Research and Development

R&D articles are submitted to three experts for anonymous peer review

Landmines in America's backyard

The Journal of CWD

CALL FOR PAPERS

Commercial off-the-shelf tools for mine action

A cache of explosive ordnance located near the former demilitarized zone

After five days working in Ha Loi Trung village, four technical survey teams found and safely destroyed 80 items of explosive ordnance

Improving security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through weapons and ammunition management

The Journal of CWD

CALL FOR PAPERS: Environmental and weather challenges of humanitarian mine action/conventional weapons destruction

How are organizations specializing their operations to adapt to nuanced environmental factors while working in areas confirmed or suspected of being contaminated?

Weapons marking and registration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A model for a regional approach to small arms/light weapons life-cycle management in the Western Balkans

The Journal of CWD

CALL FOR PAPERS: Ukraine

Tell us about your work conducting clearance, risk education, victim assistance and more in the upcoming Journal of CWD

Internally displaced persons educated about landmine risks

Many Myanmar IDPs have called on the government to clear unexploded explosives before their return

The Mine Free Sarajevo project

The Journal of CWD

CALL FOR PAPERS: Mobile and/or efficient data-collection methods

Collecting data via handheld devices such as mobile phones and tablets has become the industry standard

International Mine Action Standard 10.60 Safety & Occupational Health - Investigation and Reporting of Accidents and Incidents: Notes on the revised second edition

The Journal of CWD

Looking ahead at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

Successes with weapons removal and abatement

CALL FOR PAPERS: Prostheses

Those working with prostheses in humanitarian mine action are encouraged to submit articles on the use of prostheses for landmine and UXO survivors

On-the-ground, information management tools in northeast Syria

The Journal of CWD

CALL FOR PAPERS: Battle Area Clearance/Urban Clearance

How are organizations mitigating the challenges of battle area and urban environments to remove explosive remnants of war?

CALL FOR PAPERS: COVID-19 and Humanitarian Mine Action

How have humanitarian mine action organizations responded to the pandemic?

Operationalized Management Information Systems in Iraq's Directorate of Mine Action

The Journal of CWD

Mine action in the time of COVID-19: A donor's perspective

The Journal of CWD

In 2021, we have much to celebrate!

CISR is excited to announce our newest project in collaboration with the American University of Kurdistan and funding from the U.S. Department of State

Myanmar woman severely injured in landmine explosion in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

‘Local civilians lack awareness’

Time to stem lightweight approaches and focus on real minefield data?

The Journal of CWD

Landmine casualty rates in Nigeria now fifth highest in the world

Mines laid by Boko Haram and other groups leave millions at risk, particularly in Borno state where insurgency most acute

Landmine/UXO casualties in Cambodia down 16 percent last year

An estimated 4 to 6 million landmines and other munitions were left over from the almost three decades of conflicts

Firing range clearance in Bamyan, Afghanistan, well under way

By the end of October, the Organisation for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation had found and destroyed 684 items of unexploded ordnance/explosive remnants of war

We are eager to announce the launch of the Fall/Winter 2020 edition of The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

As ever, we hope you enjoy reading this issue and stay safe this holiday season

Conventional weapons destruction assistance helps Angola protect the Okavango watershed and bolster regional stability

The U.S. supports demining of land in Angola's watershed to protect local communities, and promote conservation and ecotourism

Local villagers feel assured as contaminated land identified for full clearance

Quang Tri province aims to be safe from the impact of explosive ordnance by 2025

The importance of sharing information in achieving cross-sectorial objectives

Lessons learned among communities with shared goals have cross-sectoral value that benefits everyone

Nations laud landmine removal

As it has been for years, the U.S. is the largest global donor to landmine clearance, victim assistance and related efforts

Syria is among the world’s worst countries for the number of mines planted since 2011, despite prohibition of their use in international law

Mines have killed at least 2,601 civilians in Syria since 2011

Cambodia welcomes seven new deminer puppies

This year, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre has planned to clear more than 116 sq km of land from mines and explosive remnants of war

Launch of the Improvised Explosive Device Clearance Good Practice Guide

The event will explain the challenges faced by mine action programs in terms of safety and efficiency that led to the development of the document

Supporting local efforts to clear unexploded ordnance in Lao PDR

Increased U.S. funding for UXO clearance has provided many Lao women and men an opportunity to upgrade their clearance skills and take on more responsibility in the sector

Investing in Zimbabwe’s future

U.S. demining assistance protects people and wildlife while facilitating sustainable development

Disability and sexual violence in the COVID-19 era

While disability inequalities have long been observed, the global COVID-19 crisis has deepened and exposed the problem of exclusion, which renders work on disability inclusion urgent and imperative

December 3 marks the International Day of Persons With Disabilities

Human Rights Watch encourages others to take action and #breakthechains

Giving Tuesday: CISR Student Opportunity Fund

December 1

Eighteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

November 16–20, 2020

Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success

Argentine forces planted an estimated 20,000 antipersonnel mines and other explosives in strategic beaches and access areas

US: Biden should reinstate landmine ban

Global report details eradication progress, setbacks

A Vietnam veteran’s fight—for dignity and peace

War put a bullet in John Lancaster’s spine. He turned that into a life’s work of compassion.

23rd Anniversary Virtual Clearing the Path Gala

Tune in at 6:30 p.m. EST on November 18, 2020

The city of Sarajevo mine-impact free

However, work is not yet finished in the surrounding municipalities of Vogošća and East Stari Grad, which make up part of the greater metropolitan area

War’s deadly debris

Clearing explosives in Laos left by the Vietnam War

Falklands cleared of nearly all landmines, 38 years on from war

Tens of thousands mines and bombs removed as part of U.K.-funded program since 2009

Mk 82 bomb found exposed on the bank of Hien Luong River after flooding

Floodwaters eroded the bank and exposed a big bomb

Asia’s only virtual CBRNe, EOD and demining conference and trade show is free to attend

November 12–13

Local residents report discovery of explosive ordnance exposed after recent torrential rains

A 40mm grenade was found on the roadside by a woman who lives in Tri Tien village, Vietnam

WWII 'earthquake' bomb explodes in Poland during attempt to defuse it

The bomb was 6m (19ft) long

The United States announces $2.5 million in new funding for landmine clearance in Angola

The clearance is part of a project to protect the ecosystem that sustains the Okavango Delta

Targeting the roots of instability

U.S. assistance denies weapons to armed groups, helping stabilize eastern Congo

Mine Action Review virtual event and briefing

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