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#Ottawa Treaty

The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of antipersonnel landmines. 164 nations have joined; the U.S. reversal of its commitment to the treaty undermines the global landmine ban regime.

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Updated March 26, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

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

The Trump administration reversed decades of bipartisan progress toward eliminating antipersonnel landmines by authorizing their global use and simultaneously dismantling the US humanitarian demining program that had been the world's largest mine-clearing effort.

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