Convention on Cluster Munitions

Western Double Standards on Deadly Cluster Bombs

By Thalif Deen
The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) banned the use of these deadly weapons for two primary reasons: they release small bomblets over a wide area, posing extended risks beyond war zones, and they leave behind unexploded ordnance which have killed civilians, including women and children, long after conflicts have ended.

U.S.-Made Cluster Munitions Causing Civilian Deaths in Yemen

By Kanya D'Almeida
New research released today by a leading human rights watchdog has found evidence of seven attacks involving cluster munitions in Yemen’s northwestern Hajja governorate.


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