News about: Explosive weapons
The day I stepped on a mine, my fate was sealed 11/18/22
Marta Quintero has been part of HI’s demining operations in Colombia for seven years. She is working for the future of her country with an unwavering determination born out of personal experience.
- Colombia
Assisting landmine victims 11/04/22
Assisting landmine victims is one of the principal obligations of the Ottawa Treaty. It is also one of HI’s founding principles.
- International
The line between periods of peace and violence is increasingly blurred 11/04/22
Perrine Benoist is Armed Violence Reduction Director at HI. She explains the progress of clearance, 25 years after the signature of the Ottawa Treaty against landmines.
- International
40th Anniversary | Gneip's story: From landmine survivor to policy advocate 10/31/22
In 1982, two doctors working in refugee camps in Thailand started helping survivors of landmine explosions who had been injured fleeing across the heavily mined border. There they met Gniep, a young girl who had lost her leg after stepping on a landmine. Gniep was one of the first children ever supported by Humanity & Inclusion. This is her story.
- International
- Cambodia
Demining in Chaparral raises new hopes 10/24/22
Since October 2021, HI has been conducting humanitarian demining operations in El Cañón de Las Hermosas in Colombia, allowing communities to regain the use of their land.
- Colombia
Abdel, victim of a landmine: “Thanks to my prosthesis, my life has changed!” 10/19/22
Abdel was 16 years old when he lost his leg in a landmine explosion. HI has helped him rebuild his life.
- Yemen
“Weapons more advanced, mutilating and destructive than I’ve ever witnessed” 09/26/22
Gaëlle Smith, HI’s emergency rehabilitation specialist, went to Ukraine to support the local teams in the country. She tells us about her experience.
- Ukraine
Roger: "The Ottawa Treaty is crucial for our demining operations in Lebanon" 09/26/22
Roger Eid is responsible for HI's demining operations in Lebanon. He explains the importance of demining and how these vital operations are carried out.
- Lebanon
Land freed of mines, lives freed of fear 09/21/22
Since 2016, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) has been running demining operations in the department of Cauca. Today, the region around the municipality of Inzá is mine-free. The communities are resuming their activities safely.
- Colombia
Adoption of the international agreement on bombing in populated areas 09/21/22
States are invited on 18 November in Dublin to adopt the international agreement on bombing in populated areas.
- International
1.8 million square meters of land cleared in Iraq by HI since 2016 09/15/22
Humanity & Inclusion has been conducting land release operations in Iraq since 2016. Clearance is currently underway in Kirkuk.
- Iraq
Enayatullah can walk again 09/09/22
Enayatullah, 9, lives in Afghanistan. He lost his leg because of an explosive remnant of war. He can now walk again thanks to the prosthesis provided by Humanity & Inclusion's team.
- Afghanistan
Diana championed the ban of landmines. 25 years on from her death, their use is on the rise again 08/25/22
Saturday 31st August 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Humanity & Inclusion pays tribute to her tremendous work in bringing global attention to the scourge of landmines. The Ottawa Treaty banning landmines was championed by the Princess and signed in December 1997, three months after her death.
- United Kingdom
- International
Injured by a landmine, Chue Por regains mobility and purpose 08/23/22
Chue Por lost his arm in a landmine explosion 15 years ago. With the support of Humanity & Inclusion, he has regained his independence and advocates for explosive weapons to be banned.
- Laos
