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Podcast: ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog
Episode: Why Nordic governments must uphold the global ban on anti-personnel mines
Description: As security concerns intensify across Europe following the escalation of the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, several states – including Finland, Poland, and the Baltic countries – have moved to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), while similar calls have emerged in other Nordic countries. These developments reflect a growing perception that existing humanitarian disarmament commitments may constrain military effectiveness in a deteriorating security environment. Yet they also raise fundamental questions about the continued relevance of these commitments at a time when they are most needed.
In this post, the Secretaries-General of the Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swed...