Cluster Munition Monitor 2015 – SPECIAL FIVE-YEAR REPORT
August 2015
International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC). Monitoring and Research Committee, ICBL-CMC Governance Board: DanChurchAid, Handicap International, Human Rights Watch, Mines Action Canada\
ISBN: 978-2-8399-1706-3 :: 94 pages
Pdf: http://www.the-monitor.org/media/2135498/2015_ClusterMunitionMonitor.pdf

Major Findings
Five-Year Review
Status of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions
:: Since the Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force on 1 August 2010, becoming binding international law, another 46 signatories have ratified and nine countries have acceded, bringing the number of countries that are part of the convention to 93 States Parties and 24 signatories.
:: The Convention on Cluster Munitions remains the sole international instrument on cluster munitions following the 2011 failure by states at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) to create a new protocol on cluster munitions. No state has proposed further CCW work on cluster munitions since 2011.

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Stockpile Destruction
:: Seven States Parties completed their stockpile destruction before the convention’s entry-into-force on 1 August 2010. Since then, States Parties have destroyed 532,938 cluster munitions and 85 million submunitions, while a dozen States Parties have completed their stockpile destruction.
:: In total, 27 States Parties have destroyed 1.3 million cluster munitions and 160 million submunitions. This represents the destruction of 88% of cluster munitions and 90% of submunitions declared as stockpiled by States Parties.
:: The Monitor estimates that prior to the start of the global effort to ban cluster munitions, 91 countries stockpiled millions of cluster munitions containing more than 1 billion submunitions. Currently, 47 states outside of the convention have cluster munition stockpiles.

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Use
::There have been no confirmed reports or allegations of new use of cluster munitions by any State Parties since the Convention on Cluster Munitions was adopted in May 2008.
:: Cluster munitions have been used in seven non-signatories since the convention’s August 2010 entry-into-force, including into Cambodia from Thailand (2011), in Libya (2011 and 2015), in Syria (2012-present), in Sudan (2012 and 2015), in South Sudan (2014), in Ukraine (2014-2015), and in Yemen by Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces (2015).
:: At least 23 governments have used cluster munitions during conflict in 39 countries and four disputed territories since the end of World War II.

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Contamination
:: As of July 2015, a total of 25 countries and other areas were contaminated by cluster munition remnants: nine State Parties, two signatories, 11 non-signatories, and three other areas. It is unclear whether a further three State Parties, two signatories, and two non-signatories are contaminated.
:: New use since the Convention on Cluster Munitions came into force in August 2010 has resulted in further contamination in six non-signatories: Cambodia, Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. In addition, non-signatory Ukraine became contaminated for the first time after the Convention entered into force.
:: The threat to civilians and the socio-economic impact is a particular cause for concern in: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Somalia, Vietnam, and Yemen, as well as Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Western Sahara.

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Press Release
September 03, 2015
Cluster munitions report tallies widespread use
Weapons used in five countries—a rate unseen since global ban entered into force
This is the sixth annual Cluster Munition Monitor report. It is the sister publication to the Landmine Monitor report, which has been issued annually since 1999.

Cluster Munition Monitor reviews every country in the world with respect to cluster munition ban policy as well as cluster munition use, production, trade, and stockpiling. It also contains information on cluster munition contamination and clearance activities, as well as casualties and victim assistance. Its principal frame of reference is the Convention on Cluster Munitions, although other relevant international law is reviewed, including the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

The report focuses provides a five-year overview (2010-2014) of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, with some information updated through July 2015 where possible…