The Ban Advocates Blog is aimed at anyone interested in the impact that cluster munitions have on people and curious about the Oslo Process. Other activists, policy-makers, negotiators, and concerned groups can find more information here. Every now and then we will add new thoughts about our experiences and our initiatives as cluster munitions Ban Advocates. Please also feel free to add your comments and to support our efforts.

Bear in mind that everything you read here is unofficial and not for further attribution.

We are a group of women and men from diverse cluster munitions affected communities. We know well what a "cluster munition" means in reality, why their use must be prohibited and stockpiles destroyed and how the victims should best be helped. We know all that because, together with other victims of cluster munitions, we have experienced the violence, exclusion and poverty caused by those indiscriminate weapons.

Our Activities

We advocate for a ban on cluster munitions and the full application of the rights of survivors and affected communities. We are carefully following the negotiations of a treaty to ban cluster bombs through what is known as the "Oslo Process." Part of our mission is for ensuring that a cluster munitions treaty document will be able to concretely improve the lives of people whose suffering has been caused by cluster munitions.

This project is developed by Handicap International with the support of Norway, The Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Australia, the Cluster Munition Coallition and The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.