Landmine Monitor Report 2014
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
[Monitoring and Research Committee, ICBL-CMC Governance Board: Handicap International, Human Rights Watch, Mines Action Canada, Norwegian People’s Aid]
December 2014 :: 74 pages

About this report
This is the 16th annual Landmine Monitor report. It is the sister publication to the Cluster Munition Monitor report, first published in November 2010. Landmine Monitor 2014, launched on the 17th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty’s opening for signature, provides a global overview of the landmine situation. Chapters on developments in specific countries and other areas are available in online Country Profiles at http://www.the-monitor.org/cp
Landmine Monitor covers mine ban policy, use, production, trade, and stockpiling in every country in the world, and also includes information on contamination, clearance, casualties, victim assistance, and support for mine action. The report focuses on calendar year 2013, with information included

Excerpt from Media Release
According to the 2014 report, landmines caused fewer casualties in 2013 compared to previous years. Last year, landmine explosions resulted in 3,308 casualties—the lowest figure since 1999, when the Landmine Monitor published its first report. The victims were mostly civilians (79%), and among them 1,065 people died.

:: The use of landmines has almost completely disappeared. This trend indicates that the Ottawa Treaty has been a success.

:: The treaty counts 162 States Parties. Only 35 states have not signed the agreement. The latest violation of the treaty by one of its members dates to 2011, and concerns Yemen. Observers have reported the existence of stockpiles relating to the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels. Ukraine is a State Party to the treaty.

:: Almost 50 million antipersonnel landmines have been destroyed since 1999.

:: The United States announced in June 2014, that it was putting an end to the production and acquisition of anti-personnel mines, saying it would work to comply with the Ottawa Convention in order to eventually join it. In September, the U.S. also announced that it would stop using anti-personnel mines (except on the Korean Peninsula) and would destroy its stockpiles.

:: During the last ten years, very few mines have been transferred globally. The use of landmines was reported in Sudan and Yemen, however, indicating a residual form of the market.

:: However, 56 states, including 32 States Parties to the Treaty, are still contaminated with landmines. Of these, 40 are in a position to clear their territory of mines within a four-year period.

:: At the Maputo Conference in June 2014, the States Parties have set the goal of clearing the world of anti-personnel mines by 2025.