Weak ban laws in Australia, Canada
17th Aug 2012 | Filed Under Australia, Legislation
The Aotearoa New Zealand Cluster Munition Coalition (ANZCMC) is deeply disappointed with the precedent set by Australia’s weak implementing law for the Convention on Cluster Munitions adopted by the Senate on 21 August 2012. It is concerned that Canada is considering adopting similar, flawed legislation that does not sufficiently meet its commitments to the ban on cluster bombs. Australia, Canada, and other signatories to the Convention on Cluster Munitions must enact national implementation legislation before they can ratify the convention. Read more
Two years later, Serbia still not on ban
2nd Aug 2012 | Filed Under Coalition Actions
It has been two years since the international treaty banning cluster bombs became binding international law on 1 August 2010. As the international movement was preparing to celebrate the impressive achievements of the convention it received sad news from Serbia. Two young army deminers were killed in the morning of 1 August 2012 as they were attempting to clear cluster munitions used by the United States during NATO air strikes in 1999. Read more