United Nations: Anti-personnel mines contaminate 58 countries and territories and claim thousands of civilian casualties

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned that anti-personnel mines continue to contaminate at least 58 countries around the world, despite the passage of nearly thirty years since the adoption of the Ottawa Convention banning these weapons. He stressed that civilians, especially children, remain the group most affected by mines and explosive remnants of war. He explained in a report [...]