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GICHD Insights | Towards The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)
The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) will open in Siem Reap- Angkor, Cambodia, on 25 November 2024. To contribute to preparations for this event, the GICHD is launching a series of issue...
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Kosovo Mine Action Strategy 2025-2030
This mine action strategy outlines the strategic orientation of the Kosovo mine action programme from 2025 to 2030, developed by the Kosovo Mine Action Center (KMAC). The strategy draws on international good practice and builds...
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Safety, Security and Socio-Economic Wellbeing in Somaliland
The objective of the study was to conduct an impact assessment of the Danish Demining Group’s (DDG) Community Safety Programme (CSP) in Somaliland. The report provides the findings of an extensive research exercise carried out in...
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Managing Residual Clearance : Learning from Europe's Past
Lessons learned from residual clearance in post-1945 Europe may apply to long-term clearance efforts after more recent conflicts.
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CEN Workshop Agreement, Test and Evaluation of Digger D-250
A test of the Digger D-250 was on request from the manufacture Digger DTR performed in Sweden by SWEDEC in May 2014. Performance and survivability tests were done in accordance with the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)...
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Amendments to the IMAS Land Release
The International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) review board formally endorsed amendments to the Land Release IMAS in April 2013 that clarify and standardize the language and practices in the series.
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Effects of Mixed Teams on Land Release
The Gender and Mine Action Programme (GMAP) investigated the impact of mixed gender teams on land release. Based on the opinion of the respondents, as well as gender baseline assessments conducted by GMAP, the organization found...
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GICHD Geomine Demonstration Test 15 January 2014
In 2013, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) participated as the lead observer in the Geomine demonstration test in Wittstock, Germany.
The technology demonstrated focuses on reducing suspect...
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Guide to mine action 2014
Mine action is developing at a rapid pace and the sector has evolved in recent years with a continuous improvement of methodologies, the adoption of new approaches and a broadened scope.
The fifth edition of the Guide to Mine...
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