Campaign to Ban Landmines
About the Campaign
PHR's Key Accomplishments in the Campaign to Ban Landmines
For nearly twenty years, PHR has been a leader in the Campaign to Ban Landmines.
1991
PHR researched and exposed the overwhelming public health threat of landmines in Cambodia by publishing "Landmines: The Coward's War" together with Human Rights Watch. The two groups issue the first call for an international comprehensive ban on the weapon.
1992
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines was founded by a small group of organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights.
1993
PHR Published Landmines: A Deadly Legacy as a joint production with the Human Rights Watch Arms Project.
Mid – 1990s
Physicians for Human Rights was one of the founding organizations of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines.
2000 - 2005
PHR served as the coordinating organization of the USCBL. Largely through PHR's leadership, the USCBL accomplished many small victories in keeping the landmines issue alive in the first five years of the century. Some of these include:
January 2000 -- Organized Iowans to Ban Landmines event in Des Moines to raise the landmines issue and the treaty among the candidates running for president.
March 2000 -- Published "Measuring Landmine Incidents & Injuries and the Capacity to Provide Care: A Guide to Assist Governments and Non-governmental Organizations in Collecting Data about Landmine Victims, Hospitals and Orthopedic Centers."
March 2001 -- Organized "Ban Landmines Week" together with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. The event included a conference with hundreds of activists from around the world; meetings with the offices of more than 300 Members of Congress regarding an anti-landmine bill that had just been introduced; a giant shoe pile of 6,000 shoes and press conference at the Capitol; a 700 person gala with Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Senator Patrick Leahy, and many other dignitaries; a hockey-on-prosthetics game among amputees; and more.
http://www.banminesusa.org/urg_act/995_main.htmlMay 2001 -- Sponsored a letter signed by 8 retired senior US Generals and Admirals recommending to President Bush that the US join the mine ban treaty.
http://banminesusa.org/urg_act/990_generalsltr.htmlNovember 2001 -- Sponsored a letter signed by more than 500 US veterans from all 50 states calling on President Bush to support the Mine Ban Treaty.
http://banminesusa.org/news/981_letter.htmDecember 2001 -- Sponsored a letter signed by 124 members of the House of Representatives calling on President Bush to steer his policy review on the landmines issue towards accession to the Mine Ban Treaty and to prevent antipersonnel mine use in Afghanistan.
http://banminesusa.org/news/975_letter.htmJanuary 2002 -- Sent researchers to Afghanistan and Iraq and interviewed landmine victims about their experiences.
March 2002 -- Sponsored a letter signed by more than 80 major US organizations calling on the US government to join the Mine Ban Treaty.
http://www.banminesusa.org/news/bush_letter031202.htmlOctober 2003 -- Sponsored a letter signed by more than 100 prominent health professionals, including deans of medical schools and heads of hospitals, urging the 2004 presidential candidates to support the international ban on antipersonnel landmines.
http://banminesusa.org/urg_act/961_letter.htm
March 2004 -- Generated significant media attention on the issue, including dozens of editorials and Op-Eds in major newspapers across the country calling on the US government to support the Mine Ban Treaty and then criticizing the New Bush Landmine Policy.
http://banminesusa.org/news/921_times.htmFall 2004 -– Produced a flash video educating voters about the global landmine problem and urging them to sign an on-line petition to then candidates Bush and Kerry.
http://www.banminesusa.org/petition/index_alt.html
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