November 5, 2023
Northwest Syria: Government Uses Cluster Munitions
Syrian, Russia Forces Also Use Incendiary Weapons
Cluster Munitions
Cluster munitions present an immediate threat to civilians during conflict by randomly scattering submunitions or bomblets over a wide area. Their remnants continue to pose a long-term danger after conflicts end, including submunitions that fail to explode upon impact and become de facto landmines. The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibits the use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster munitions. It also requires destruction of stockpiles, clearance of areas contaminated by remnants, and victim assistance. More than 120 states have joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions and are working to implement its provisions. Human Rights Watch is a founding member of the Cluster Munition Coalition and contributes to its annual Cluster Munition Monitor report.
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Europe/Central Asia
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August 16, 2022
Ukraine: Unlawful Russian Attacks in Kharkiv
Russian Forces Use Widely Banned Cluster Munitions, Damage Hospitals
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June 10, 2022
Ukraine: Russian Strikes Killed Scores of Civilians in Chernihiv
Both Sides Obligated to Minimize Civilian Harm
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News
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September 13, 2024
Statement on Interpretive Issues at the Convention on Cluster Munitions 12th Meeting of States Parties
Delivered by Mary Wareham on behalf of the Cluster Munition Coalition
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July 30, 2024
US Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine via Germany
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July 11, 2024
Lithuania: Don’t Leave Global Ban on Cluster Munitions
Parliament Considering Proposal to Withdraw from Treaty
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May 29, 2024
Ukraine: Russia’s Odesa Cluster Munition Attack Harms Civilians
Renewed Focus Needed on Treaty Ban
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February 8, 2024
Ukraine: New Findings on Russia’s Devastation of Mariupol
War Crimes Inquiry Needed into Massive Loss of Civilian Life, Infrastructure
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December 18, 2023
Cluster Munitions: Peru Destroys Stockpiled Weapons
All Treaty Parties Now Comply with Stockpiling Ban
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November 5, 2023
Northwest Syria: Government Uses Cluster Munitions
Syrian, Russia Forces Also Use Incendiary Weapons
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September 14, 2023
Cluster Munitions: Gains in Stockpile Destruction, Clearance
Treaty Parties Condemn New Use of Widely Banned Weapon
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September 13, 2023
Statement on Transparency to the Convention on Cluster Munitions to the 11th Meeting of States Parties
Delivered by Susan Aboeid on behalf of the Cluster Munition Coalition
