Publications

This pilot study depicts the impact of anti-vehicle mines (AVM) contamination on socio-economic development and the benefits of AVM clearance on sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are used as a...

This publication is the result of a consultation process with partners both in Geneva and in mine-affected countries. It covers the drafting of sound protection policies, communication with staff and beneficiaries, holding...

Pascal Rapillard, GICHD Head of External Relations, Policy and Cooperation programme and Jérémy Repond, GICHD External Relations Officer, expand on how demining in urban centres is a race against time. 

Ambassador Stefano Toscano, GICHD Director, expands on the achievements and challenges in mine action. 

This report presents and analyses AVM incident data from 2018. It follows up on and compares findings with earlier reports published by the GICHD and SIPRI examining AVM incidents in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Data in this report stem...

Croatia is affected by explosive ordnance (EO) contamination that consists of mines and, to a lesser extent, explosive remnants of war (ERW), including cluster munition remnants, caused by the legacy of four years of armed...

Measuring performance is the norm across a range of human activities. But is it a norm in humanitarian mine action (HMA)? Some might suggest that it is. However, if we measure our performance, it is unclear whether we do so in a...

The Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War (MORE) framework is a holistic long-term risk management (LTRM) approach for handling the reality of risks posed by explosive ordnance (EO). The current Geneva International...