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Explosive ordnance placed in or on the ground, including antipersonnel and anti-vehicle mines. Their indiscriminate nature and long persistence make them a continuing threat to civilians in current and former conflict zones.

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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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