Resources on Landmines

USCBL Campaign Resources

USCBL hands postcards (PDF) Print out these postcards on your own desktop printer

USCBL Flyer in Support of the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (PDF)

Interactive

Award-winning Cluster Bomb Photographs. Photos of south Lebanon cluster attacks win White House News Photographers Association top honor.

Would you survive? See what a cluster bomb attack would do to your neighborhood.

Steel Rain: The Use of Cluster Weapons in Iraq.

Continuous War: Cluster Bombs in South Lebanon.

Video

“Bombies”, Run time: 57 minutes. Available for purchase; in certain cases may be borrowed from the Friends Committee on National Legislation under select circumstances (contact Dan Allen at allen@fcnl.org to request it).

The following videos may all be viewed online:

“A Weapon Out of Control”, Run time: 5 minutes, 47 seconds

CNN Coverage of Israeli Cluster Bomb Use in Lebanon
Run time: 2 minutes, 37 seconds

“Cluster Bomb Removal”, Run Time: 2 minutes, 31 seconds

Reports

Clustern Munitions: Ban Them, an eight-page case against cluster munitions and update on the global negotiations to ban them

2007 Landmine Monitor: The United States of America, ICBL-Landmine Monitor Core Group

“Circle of Impact” (2007), Handicap International

“Back in Business? U.S. Landmine Production and Exports” (2005), Human Rights Watch

“Off Target: The Conduct of the War and Civilian Casualties in Iraq” (2003), contains a section on civilian cluster bomb casualties in Iraq, Human Rights Watch

“Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and Their Use by the United States in Afghanistan” (2002), Human Rights Watch

Victim Assistance

Adopt-A-Minefield
A campaign that raises awareness and funds to clear landmines and rehabilitate landmine survivors.

Clearpath International
An organization that provides medical and social services to landmine and bomb accident survivors, their families, and their communities in former war zones in Southeast Asia.

Handicap International
Supports people in situations of disability or vulnerability.

Landmine Survivor Network(LSN)
Assists survivors by giving them access to physical rehabilitation and job counseling. Also, promotes family support, sports and social activities to help survivors enjoy the spirit of community life.

Demining

Roots of Peace
An organization that raises funds to turn minefields into thriving farmland.

Adopt-A-Minefield
A campaign that raises awareness and funds to clear landmines and rehabilitate landmine survivors.

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
A project of the United Nation’s Mine Action Service. Provides information on demining efforts as well as victim assistance and country profiles.

Survey Action Center
This group serves as the coordination body for Landmine Impact Surveys, which provide vital information to improve priority setting by donors and mine action agencies in the international effort to eliminate or control the threat of mines.

Landmines Blow!   
A non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the global landmine crisis through education and fundraising.