A look at the #landmine situation in Ukraine with info from Human Rights Watch and The HALO Trust

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Last week, survivors and activists met with states in Oslo to demand an end to the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, which is causing grave harm to civilians across the world. Laura Varella has the scoop! 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/disarmament-fo…

#StopBombingCivilians #EWIPA

At Ndosho hospital in #Goma , ICRC has seen a huge influx of wounded civilians in recent weeks, including many children. Many have very serious injuries from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, including IDP camps. Every patient has a heartbreaking story to tell.

2 weeks ago, we reported on a deadly strike in Gaza. The harrowing image of children's bodies splayed around a foosball table impossible to forget.
A CNN analysis of evidence recovered and documented at the scene of the strike now points to the likely cause: a precision-guided…

We're deeply troubled by confirmed reports of #NorthKorea using #landmines in the #DMZ . The ICBL-CMC strongly condemns this action. All nations, including North & #SouthKorea , must ban these indiscriminate weapons. Our full statement bit.ly/4bpWdUV #MineFreeWorld

Resounding Support for a ‘Killer Robots’ Treaty Stop Killer Robots Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

New Human Rights Watch investigation finds Russian forces appear to have executed least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender.

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Peaceful protest is a human right.
Freedom of speech is a human right.
Freedom of expression is a human right.

Universities should respect the right to protest. trib.al/wtg4B1S

The 🇦🇹 gov't conference on #AutonomousWeapons in Vienna concluded yesterday with a chair's summary affirming commitment to new int'l law on #AWS

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Thanks to our brilliant campaigners for their continued work to #StopKillerRobots 👏

Pleasure to participate in the 🇦🇹 Conference on #AutonomousWeapons high-level panel. 🇱🇰 advocates for conventional and WMD disarmament & application of humanitarian principles in warfare. SL supports a legally binding instrument to regulate& prohibit #LAWS #AWS2024 MFA Austria

Invited by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria, H.E Alexander Schallenberg, to further discourse the urgent imperative for a legally binding instrument to regulate the use of Autonomous Weapons Systems- a menacing threat that forebodes grave consequences for humanity.

حملة حظر #الروبوتات_القاتلة Stop Killer Robots لمؤتمر 'الإنسانية في مفترق الطرق، أنظمة الأسلحة ذاتية التشغيل وتحدي تنظيمها' #AWS2024Vienna : يجب أن تلتزم الدول بالقيام بعمل مؤثر،صك دولي ملزم هو الطريق للتعامل مع تلك الأسلحة مع شفافية وشمولية وسيطرة بشرية.
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Returning to this story 4 years after our first podcast on the issue. As countries gather in #Vienna for #HumanityattheCrossroads conference, I discover that the tech has developed...alarmingly. Thanks so much to The GCSP & Stop Killer Robots for their thoughts.

#StopKillerRobots campaigners are on their was to Hofburg Vienna for day 2️⃣ of #HumanityAtTheCrossroads - the Austrian gov't meeting on #AutonomousWeapons in Vienna🇦🇹

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Day 2 of the Humanity at the Crossroads gov't conference on #AutonomousWeapons has just started in Vienna🇦🇹

🔗📺Watch live: bmeia.gv.at/en/european-fo…

Alors qu'à Vienne, on discute des risques éthiques, juridiques et sécuritaires de ces armes, les parlementaires 🇧🇪 doivent voter jeudi une loi pour interdire les armes autonomes en #Belgique 👏
On compte sur eux! #StopKillerRobots #AWS2024