Norwegian People’s Aid has relaunched its landmark M85 study at the 13th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva. The study played a key role in the campaign to ban cluster munitions and informed the negotiations that led to the adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in 2008.
The M85 study underscores the unacceptable humanitarian consequences of even submunitions claimed to be among the most advanced.
Nearly two decades later, at a time when cluster munitions are once again being used in armed conflicts and some states are pulling back from key disarmament treaties, the findings from the report remain more relevant than ever.
Panellists:
- Grethe Østern, Acting Head of Policy and Advocacy, Norwegian People’s Aid
- Erik Tollefsen, Head of Weapon Contamination Unit, ICRC
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