3/3 At this #22MSP side event, #Colombia 's progress on #VictimAssistance (VA) included these key learnings:
👉 Support survivor networks
👉 Work closely with survivors on VA design & implementation
👉 Help governments integrate international VA standards into law
#MineFreeWorld #MineBanTreaty
👉 Support survivor networks
👉 Work closely with survivors on VA design & implementation
👉 Help governments integrate international VA standards into law
#MineFreeWorld #MineBanTreaty
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
3/3 At this #22MSP side event, #Colombia 's progress on #VictimAssistance (VA) included these key learnings:
👉 Support survivor networks
👉 Work closely with survivors on VA design & implementation
👉 Help governments integrate international VA standards into law
#MineFreeWorld #MineBanTreaty
👉 Support survivor networks
👉 Work closely with survivors on VA design & implementation
👉 Help governments integrate international VA standards into law
#MineFreeWorld #MineBanTreaty
2/3 #VictimAssistance helps survivors rebuild their lives under new circumstances - a core obligation under the #MineBanTreaty!
📢 Julia, 22 y/o, Ukraine: “It happened during a normal day: in an instant I lost both my legs, my sight & my freedom. Behind every mine accident is a life changed forever”
📢 Julia, 22 y/o, Ukraine: “It happened during a normal day: in an instant I lost both my legs, my sight & my freedom. Behind every mine accident is a life changed forever”
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
2/3 #VictimAssistance helps survivors rebuild their lives under new circumstances - a core obligation under the #MineBanTreaty!
📢 Julia, 22 y/o, Ukraine: “It happened during a normal day: in an instant I lost both my legs, my sight & my freedom. Behind every mine accident is a life changed forever”
📢 Julia, 22 y/o, Ukraine: “It happened during a normal day: in an instant I lost both my legs, my sight & my freedom. Behind every mine accident is a life changed forever”
1/3 At the Meeting of States Parties to the #MineBanTreaty #22MSP, @hi-federation.bsky.social (HI) hosted a side event with @drcngo.bsky.social and @aa-stabilisiert.bsky.social isiert.bsky.social to share experiences on #VictimAssistance from Colombia & Ukraine, on strengthening survivor support.
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
1/3 At the Meeting of States Parties to the #MineBanTreaty #22MSP, @hi-federation.bsky.social (HI) hosted a side event with @drcngo.bsky.social and @aa-stabilisiert.bsky.social isiert.bsky.social to share experiences on #VictimAssistance from Colombia & Ukraine, on strengthening survivor support.
1/2 At #22MSP, as part of the ICBL @minefreeworld.bsky.social, we remind States Parties: Educating civilians about mine dangers is a core legal duty under Art. 5 of the #MineBanTreaty. Yet in 2024, only 2% of global mine action funding went to risk education.
We need more financial commitment – now!
We need more financial commitment – now!
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
1/2 At #22MSP, as part of the ICBL @minefreeworld.bsky.social, we remind States Parties: Educating civilians about mine dangers is a core legal duty under Art. 5 of the #MineBanTreaty. Yet in 2024, only 2% of global mine action funding went to risk education.
We need more financial commitment – now!
We need more financial commitment – now!
1/2 During the meeting of States Parties #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty @ungeneva.bsky.social, landmine survivor and military veteran Zoran Ješić from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines @minefreeworld.bsky.social shared his testimony as a powerful stand against the use of landmines 👇
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
1/2 During the meeting of States Parties #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty @ungeneva.bsky.social, landmine survivor and military veteran Zoran Ješić from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines @minefreeworld.bsky.social shared his testimony as a powerful stand against the use of landmines 👇
📆Tomorrow at the Meeting of States Parties #22MSP to the #MineBanTreaty #Geneva, @hi-federation.bsky.social will organise a side event on #VictimAssistance to discuss challenges & examples from #Ukraine & #Colombia
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
@drcngo.bsky.social
@hi-deutschland.bsky.social
Join us👇
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@drcngo.bsky.social
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Join us👇
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📆Tomorrow at the Meeting of States Parties #22MSP to the #MineBanTreaty #Geneva, @hi-federation.bsky.social will organise a side event on #VictimAssistance to discuss challenges & examples from #Ukraine & #Colombia
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
@drcngo.bsky.social
@hi-deutschland.bsky.social
Join us👇
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At this week’s #22MSP of the @MineBanTreaty, the EU welcomed the Marshall Islands and Tonga as new States Parties and thanked Japan’s Presidency, the ISU and the Special Envoys for advancing universalisation.
The EU stays committed to mine action and a mine-free world.
The EU stays committed to mine action and a mine-free world.
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
At this week’s #22MSP of the @MineBanTreaty, the EU welcomed the Marshall Islands and Tonga as new States Parties and thanked Japan’s Presidency, the ISU and the Special Envoys for advancing universalisation.
The EU stays committed to mine action and a mine-free world.
The EU stays committed to mine action and a mine-free world.
#Children have made up over 40% of all civilian casualties from #landmines and explosive remnants of war since 1999.
▶️ Read our new fact sheet on the impact of mines on children: bit.ly/ICBLImpactOnChildren1Dec2025
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
▶️ Read our new fact sheet on the impact of mines on children: bit.ly/ICBLImpactOnChildren1Dec2025
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#Children have made up over 40% of all civilian casualties from #landmines and explosive remnants of war since 1999.
▶️ Read our new fact sheet on the impact of mines on children: bit.ly/ICBLImpactOnChildren1Dec2025
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
▶️ Read our new fact sheet on the impact of mines on children: bit.ly/ICBLImpactOnChildren1Dec2025
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
🌎 "Climate change can move explosive ordnance and displace populations, sometimes into areas more endangered by explosive risks."
- Aderito Ismael (HI Colombia) at a side event on environmental responsibility in mine action by @npaid.bsky.social during the #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty in #Geneva
- Aderito Ismael (HI Colombia) at a side event on environmental responsibility in mine action by @npaid.bsky.social during the #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty in #Geneva
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌎 "Climate change can move explosive ordnance and displace populations, sometimes into areas more endangered by explosive risks."
- Aderito Ismael (HI Colombia) at a side event on environmental responsibility in mine action by @npaid.bsky.social during the #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty in #Geneva
- Aderito Ismael (HI Colombia) at a side event on environmental responsibility in mine action by @npaid.bsky.social during the #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty in #Geneva
New #Monitor fact sheet available:
▶️ Download the fact sheet: bit.ly/ICBLFundingC...
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
▶️ Download the fact sheet: bit.ly/ICBLFundingC...
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
New #Monitor fact sheet available:
▶️ Download the fact sheet: bit.ly/ICBLFundingC...
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
▶️ Download the fact sheet: bit.ly/ICBLFundingC...
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #MineBanTreaty #22MSP
I have heard very disturbing stories of mines taking out people's parents and blinding/breaking people's bodies for life!
We must keep mines banned at all costs! #MineBanTreaty #Humanrights
We must keep mines banned at all costs! #MineBanTreaty #Humanrights
The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives. But the landmark treaty faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use.
In 2025, five countries gave formal notification to withdraw from the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Learn more ⤵️
In 2025, five countries gave formal notification to withdraw from the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Learn more ⤵️
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I have heard very disturbing stories of mines taking out people's parents and blinding/breaking people's bodies for life!
We must keep mines banned at all costs! #MineBanTreaty #Humanrights
We must keep mines banned at all costs! #MineBanTreaty #Humanrights
Landmine casualties hit four-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar @sightmagazine.bsky.social #landmines #Syria #Myanmar #OttawaConvention #Ukraine #Estonia #Finland #Latvia, #Lithuania #Poland #MineBanTreaty
sightmagazine.com.au/news/landmin...
sightmagazine.com.au/news/landmin...
Landmine casualties hit four-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar - Sight Magazine
Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar - report.
sightmagazine.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Landmine casualties hit four-year high, driven by conflicts in Syria, Myanmar @sightmagazine.bsky.social #landmines #Syria #Myanmar #OttawaConvention #Ukraine #Estonia #Finland #Latvia, #Lithuania #Poland #MineBanTreaty
sightmagazine.com.au/news/landmin...
sightmagazine.com.au/news/landmin...
We’re in @ungeneva.bsky.social for the #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty and ready for a week of critical discussions to strengthen the protection of civilians, uphold the norm, and push for timely implementation💚 #solidarityinaction #minefreeworld
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We’re in @ungeneva.bsky.social for the #22MSP of the #MineBanTreaty and ready for a week of critical discussions to strengthen the protection of civilians, uphold the norm, and push for timely implementation💚 #solidarityinaction #minefreeworld
📍Meeting of States Parties to the #MineBanTreaty #Geneva
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📍Meeting of States Parties to the #MineBanTreaty #Geneva
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
@hi-federation.bsky.social presents its #RehabilitationMatters exhibition & 3D printer creating prosthesis socket. Among visitors: Princess Astrid #Belgium, Prince Mired #Jordan & Izumi Nakamitsu #UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
📢The 'Clearing the Mines 2025' report is now online at mineactionreview.org, together with the 2025 Monitoring of the Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan for survey and clearance. Read up on global progress in #landmine #clearance ahead of the #MineBanTreaty #22MSP in @ungeneva.bsky.social 1-5 December.
Reporting on Clearance of Mines & Cluster Munition Remnants | Mine Action Review
Mine Action Review monitors the of global efforts to survey and clear landmines and cluster munitions remnants.
mineactionreview.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
📢The 'Clearing the Mines 2025' report is now online at mineactionreview.org, together with the 2025 Monitoring of the Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan for survey and clearance. Read up on global progress in #landmine #clearance ahead of the #MineBanTreaty #22MSP in @ungeneva.bsky.social 1-5 December.
Building on the legacy of the #MineBanTreaty, the #ClusterMunitionsConvention, and the #TPNW, Colombia 🇨🇴 is stepping up to host a major international conference on phasing out fossil fuels. A new Oslo/Ottawa moment is on the horizon. Way to go! fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...
Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...
fossilfueltreaty.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Building on the legacy of the #MineBanTreaty, the #ClusterMunitionsConvention, and the #TPNW, Colombia 🇨🇴 is stepping up to host a major international conference on phasing out fossil fuels. A new Oslo/Ottawa moment is on the horizon. Way to go! fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...
Looking for strong statements on the importance of the #MineBanTreaty at First Committee.
In a year of increased harm by #landmines, @erinlynnhunt.bsky.social writing for @minefreeworld.bsky.social calls on the #FirstCommittee to denounce withdrawals from the #MineBanTreaty and counter any efforts to further erode the norm against landmines reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
September 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Looking for strong statements on the importance of the #MineBanTreaty at First Committee.
In a year of increased harm by #landmines, @erinlynnhunt.bsky.social writing for @minefreeworld.bsky.social calls on the #FirstCommittee to denounce withdrawals from the #MineBanTreaty and counter any efforts to further erode the norm against landmines reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
September 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In a year of increased harm by #landmines, @erinlynnhunt.bsky.social writing for @minefreeworld.bsky.social calls on the #FirstCommittee to denounce withdrawals from the #MineBanTreaty and counter any efforts to further erode the norm against landmines reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
Landmines belong in museums, not on battlefields.
In the new episode of #SilentKillers, @almatas.bsky.social and Kasia Derlicka-Rosenbauer discuss the impact of the #MineBanTreaty and why the return of landmines to Europe is a danger to everyone.
Listen now 👉https://bit.ly/41HAKo0
In the new episode of #SilentKillers, @almatas.bsky.social and Kasia Derlicka-Rosenbauer discuss the impact of the #MineBanTreaty and why the return of landmines to Europe is a danger to everyone.
Listen now 👉https://bit.ly/41HAKo0
September 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Landmines belong in museums, not on battlefields.
In the new episode of #SilentKillers, @almatas.bsky.social and Kasia Derlicka-Rosenbauer discuss the impact of the #MineBanTreaty and why the return of landmines to Europe is a danger to everyone.
Listen now 👉https://bit.ly/41HAKo0
In the new episode of #SilentKillers, @almatas.bsky.social and Kasia Derlicka-Rosenbauer discuss the impact of the #MineBanTreaty and why the return of landmines to Europe is a danger to everyone.
Listen now 👉https://bit.ly/41HAKo0
#Tonga ist seit dem 25. Juni der neueste Vertragsstaat des Landminen-Verbotsvertrags #MineBanTreaty!
Eine erfreuliche Nachricht - besonders in Anbetracht der parlamentarisch beschlossenen Austritte der drei baltischen Staaten und #Finnlands.
Eine erfreuliche Nachricht - besonders in Anbetracht der parlamentarisch beschlossenen Austritte der drei baltischen Staaten und #Finnlands.
Welcome, Tonga!
Tonga has officially acceded to the #MineBanTreaty becoming the newest state to join.
Earlier this year, the #MarshallIslands also ratified the treaty, bringing us closer to a #MineFreePacific.
Only #Micronesia remains outside the treaty in the region.
bit.ly/44zrCDv
Tonga has officially acceded to the #MineBanTreaty becoming the newest state to join.
Earlier this year, the #MarshallIslands also ratified the treaty, bringing us closer to a #MineFreePacific.
Only #Micronesia remains outside the treaty in the region.
bit.ly/44zrCDv
June 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#Tonga ist seit dem 25. Juni der neueste Vertragsstaat des Landminen-Verbotsvertrags #MineBanTreaty!
Eine erfreuliche Nachricht - besonders in Anbetracht der parlamentarisch beschlossenen Austritte der drei baltischen Staaten und #Finnlands.
Eine erfreuliche Nachricht - besonders in Anbetracht der parlamentarisch beschlossenen Austritte der drei baltischen Staaten und #Finnlands.
Welcome, Tonga!
Tonga has officially acceded to the #MineBanTreaty becoming the newest state to join.
Earlier this year, the #MarshallIslands also ratified the treaty, bringing us closer to a #MineFreePacific.
Only #Micronesia remains outside the treaty in the region.
bit.ly/44zrCDv
Tonga has officially acceded to the #MineBanTreaty becoming the newest state to join.
Earlier this year, the #MarshallIslands also ratified the treaty, bringing us closer to a #MineFreePacific.
Only #Micronesia remains outside the treaty in the region.
bit.ly/44zrCDv
June 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Welcome, Tonga!
Tonga has officially acceded to the #MineBanTreaty becoming the newest state to join.
Earlier this year, the #MarshallIslands also ratified the treaty, bringing us closer to a #MineFreePacific.
Only #Micronesia remains outside the treaty in the region.
bit.ly/44zrCDv
Tonga has officially acceded to the #MineBanTreaty becoming the newest state to join.
Earlier this year, the #MarshallIslands also ratified the treaty, bringing us closer to a #MineFreePacific.
Only #Micronesia remains outside the treaty in the region.
bit.ly/44zrCDv
#Tonga acceded to the #MineBanTreaty, becoming the 166 States Party to the treaty. Congratulations, Tonga!
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #ProtectMineBan
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #ProtectMineBan
June 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#Tonga acceded to the #MineBanTreaty, becoming the 166 States Party to the treaty. Congratulations, Tonga!
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #ProtectMineBan
@minefreeworld.bsky.social #ProtectMineBan
While some step away, Tonga steps forward!🤝
📢 We celebrate that Tonga has deposited its accession instrument to the UN and will become a State Party to the
@MineBanTreaty as of 1 December 2025.
A strong commitment to disarmament and IHL—right when it's needed the most.⚖️📜
📢 We celebrate that Tonga has deposited its accession instrument to the UN and will become a State Party to the
@MineBanTreaty as of 1 December 2025.
A strong commitment to disarmament and IHL—right when it's needed the most.⚖️📜
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
While some step away, Tonga steps forward!🤝
📢 We celebrate that Tonga has deposited its accession instrument to the UN and will become a State Party to the
@MineBanTreaty as of 1 December 2025.
A strong commitment to disarmament and IHL—right when it's needed the most.⚖️📜
📢 We celebrate that Tonga has deposited its accession instrument to the UN and will become a State Party to the
@MineBanTreaty as of 1 December 2025.
A strong commitment to disarmament and IHL—right when it's needed the most.⚖️📜
Today at the Intersessional Meetings, #Estonia, #Finland, #Latvia, #Lithuania, and #Poland announced their intention to withdraw from the #MineBanTreaty.
#MineBanIM @minefreeworld.bsky.social
#MineBanIM @minefreeworld.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Today at the Intersessional Meetings, #Estonia, #Finland, #Latvia, #Lithuania, and #Poland announced their intention to withdraw from the #MineBanTreaty.
#MineBanIM @minefreeworld.bsky.social
#MineBanIM @minefreeworld.bsky.social
#parliament of #finland has just finalized that it will withdraw from the #ottawaconvention the so called #minebantreaty with 157 YES and 18 NO votes.
So the result of the #putin #war in #ukraine is that Finland is a #nato member and they will re-mine the border.
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So the result of the #putin #war in #ukraine is that Finland is a #nato member and they will re-mine the border.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#parliament of #finland has just finalized that it will withdraw from the #ottawaconvention the so called #minebantreaty with 157 YES and 18 NO votes.
So the result of the #putin #war in #ukraine is that Finland is a #nato member and they will re-mine the border.
Source […]
So the result of the #putin #war in #ukraine is that Finland is a #nato member and they will re-mine the border.
Source […]