US Landmine Transfers Contravene Long-Standing Policy

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The International Campaign to Ban Landmines holds a demonstration during the Mine Ban Treaty’s Fifth Review Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia on November 26, 2024 to protest a United States decision to transfer antipersonnel landmines. © 2024, International Campaign to Ban Landmines. (Washington, DC, December 11, 2024) – The Biden administration’s decision to transfer internationally banned antipersonnel landmines to Ukraine risks civilian lives and contravenes longstanding United States policy, Human Rights Watch said today in issuing a question-and-answer…

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