Record withdrawn

Hegseth Reverses US Landmine Ban, Rescinds $5B+ Humanitarian Demining Program

Withdrawn on October 9, 2026

The US is not party to the Ottawa Convention, and the policy authorises the self-destructing mines that CCW Amended Protocol II, to which the US is party, permits. The Rome Statute provision the record cited does not cover landmines, and the record conflated the policy with a separate aid freeze.

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