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#antipersonnel mines

Explosive devices designed to be detonated by the presence or proximity of a person, causing indiscriminate harm long after conflicts end. Banned by the Ottawa Treaty due to their devastating impact on civilians, especially children.

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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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