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The quest to rid the Middle East of anti-personnel mines has taken a step forward today with two armed non-State actors signing Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment. By signing this document, the « Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iran » and the « Free Life Party of Kurdistan/Liberation Forces of Eastern Kurdistan » have pledged to ban these weapons, as […]

Official Turkish documents published by the Turkish Newspaper Taraf daily confirm that the armed forces planted anti-personnel (AP) mines in South East Turkey in April 2009. The Turkish Government had previously accused the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) of having planted these landmines. The PKK signed the Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for a total ban on anti-personnel […]

Geneva Call has released details of the findings of the Verification Mission in November 2009 that investigated allegations that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had violated its obligations under the Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action by using Anti-Personnel (AP) mines.The allegations emanated in […]

Investigation in the Philippines finds evidence of AP mine use; MILF responsibility not established Geneva – 26 March 2010 Geneva Call has released details of a report of an investigative mission that took place in November 2009, to verify the alleged use of victim-activated anti-personnel (AP) mines by an armed group in the Philippines. The […]