Geneva Call Launches First ANSA Database

In November 2012 Geneva Call launched Their Words,” an information database. The database provides published commitments and internal rules and regulations of armed non-state actors

Mercer University Professor Provides Prostheses in Vietnam

According to the U.S. Department of State, innumerous explosive remanants of war and landmines remain hidden in nearly every region of Vietnam

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Afghan Deminers Kidnapped and Killed

An investigation into the brutal killing of at least four Afghan deminers captured in Western Farah in early July 2011 is ongoing. Details about the incident and the suspected perpetrators are not yet confirmed

Conveying Lebanon’s Cluster Bomb Issue through Film

Death in the Fields is an animated documentary that focuses on the cluster bomb crisis in southern Lebanon

Harvard Tests Smartphones for Demining

A team of researchers, composed of professors, a recent graduate from Harvard College, and a postdoctoral associate from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), presented a research and technology paper at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems entitled “Evaluating a Pattern-Based Visual Support Approach for Humanitarian Landmine Clearance.” The conference was held 7–12 May 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia

Small Arms Survey Creates Playing Cards

In August 2012, Small Arms Survey, in partnership with the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA), released a third set of small arms informational playing cards, the Marking, Record Keeping and Tracing Implementation Support Cards