 In
addition to enormous pain and suffering, landmines bring lingering economic
and social costs. They render agricultural land unusable, endanger the
safe return of refugees and impede post-conflict reconstruction and development.
The indiscriminate use of anti-personnel landmines is a flagrant violation
of both international human rights law, including the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, and of international humanitarian law. Eliminating
all anti-personnel landmines is a humanitarian imperative. |
