Cluster Munitions: New Use, Transfers Test International Ban

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Stockpiled cluster munitions and their submunitions being prepared for destruction. © 2022 Norwegian People’s Aid (Geneva, September 9, 2024) – The international treaty banning cluster munitions is making demonstrable progress, but is being tested by new use and transfers of cluster munitions by countries that have not joined it, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing an annual monitoring report on cluster munitions.The 100-page report, “Cluster Munition Monitor 2024,” details the policy and practice of all countries with respect to the international treaty that…

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