Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
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Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor (also known as The Monitor) is the civil society initiative providing research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC). It has released annual reporting on the global landmine and cluster munition problems and solutions since 1999 and 2010 respectively.t It is an attempt by civil society to hold governments accountable to the obligations they have taken on with respect to antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions.
The Monitor is considered as the monitoring regime for the Mine Ban Treaty and the Convention on Cluster Munitions and is a shining example of the concept of civil society-based verification that is now employed in many similar contexts (such as the Arms Trade Treaty Monitor, Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor, or Explosive Weapons Monitor).It documents and reports on implementation of and compliance with the Mine Ban Treaty and the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and more generally, it assesses the international community’s response to the humanitarian problems caused by landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war (ERW).
Landmine Monitor was created in June 1998 by ICBL, when it brought together for the first time non-governmental organizations in a coordinated, systematic, and sustained way to monitor humanitarian law or disarmament treaties and to regularly document progress and challenges. In 2008, Landmine Monitor also functionally became the research and monitoring arm of the CMC. In 2010, the initiative changed its name from Landmine Monitor to Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor to reflect its increased reporting on the cluster munition issue.
A global reporting network, which include mine and explosive remnants of war survivors as well as ICBL-CMC members and civil society experts (including journalists, academics, and research institutions), and an editorial team gather information to prepare Monitor research products. The Monitor is the only initiative giving a comprehensive overview of developments in mine action.[1] It covers cluster munition and mine ban policy matters; assesses the impact of landmines and cluster munitions remnants by looking at the extent of contamination and casualty trends; tracks ways to address such impact through clearance, risk education and victim assistance; and documents the level of resources available to conduct mine action work (international and national funding).
The Monitor produces country profiles, annual reports, and additional research materials, such as factsheets and maps.
Content produced by the Monitor is reviewed by members of the Monitoring and Research Committee (MRC) composed of representatives from the Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines, DanChurchAid, Danish Demining Group, Human Rights Watch, Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International), Mine Action Canada, and some ICBL-CMC staff.[2]
As of 8 March 2022, the Monitor had published 23 Landmine Monitor annual reports, 12 Cluster Munition Monitor annual reports, and thousands of country updates. Those reports are meant to track progress toward a cluster munition and mine free world, identify remaining challenges, and to inform mine action related discussions.
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- ↑ "https://twitter.com/unidir/status/1438073809727262721". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-03-08. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Monitoring and Research Committee | Our expertise | Monitor". www.the-monitor.org. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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