Returning land to productive use

Peru Collecting scrap after burning explosives from PTAB 2.5M

Destroying stockpiles

Educating at risk communities

Assisting cluster munition victims

The Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty of more than 100 states

The Convention prohibits all use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions

Adopted on 30 May 2008, signed on 3 December 2008 and entered into force on 1 August 2010

Calling All Youth Changemakers! We Want to Hear Your Voice!

Youth Multimedia Contest

Youth for Humanitarian Disarmament:

Advancing the goals of the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Together with the European Union, the Mexican Presidency of the Convention on Cluster Munitions invites young people, aged 18-29, to share your thinking, insights, and perspectives on the how the unacceptable harm caused by cluster munitions impacts lives and specifically:

How cluster munitions impede progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
How educating youth about cluster munitions saves lives
And how the international ban on the weapon contributes to humanitarian disarmament goals

Click here to find out more on how you can use your voice to help save lives!

Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward:

Convention on Cluster Munitions Implementation Support Unit Statement on the Occasion of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

Geneva 4 April 2024 – On the occasion of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action and as the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) marks 16 years of life-saving action, international disarmament efforts are at a crossroads. Today, a peak in global conflicts tests international humanitarian and human rights norms in a way unseen for three decades. Yet, in the face of these challenges lies a unique opportunity for coordination and cooperation on common disarmament, peace, and development interests, where Convention stakeholders and disarmament partners can seize opportunities for complementary action.

Read our full statement here.

The Twelfth Meeting of States Parties (12MSP) will be held from 10 to 13 September 2024.

Commitment

The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) was born out of a collective determination to address the humanitarian consequences and unacceptable harm to civilians caused by cluster munitions. States Parties are committed to the full universalization of the Convention and to promote its norms, as well as to fully implement it. Its implementation contributes to advancing the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the promotion of international peace and security, human rights and international humanitarian law.