January 27, 2010

Victim Assistance in the Framework of Mine Ban Treaty


In 1997, measures to assist the victims of a particular weapon were included for the
first time in a disarmament convention,the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT).

Furthermore, this convention has successfully served as a means of drawing attention
to the rights and needs of landmine survivors and persons with disabilities. Provision of assistance to the victims of landmines is mentioned in the introduction to the 1997 MBT, which states the wish of the States Parties “to do their utmost in providing assistance for the care and rehabilitation, including the social and economic reintegration of mine victims,” and becomes an obligation in Article 6.3 of the treaty, which requires “each State Party in a position to do so to provide
assistance for the care and rehabilitation, and social and economic reintegration of mine victims”.

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