HRW criticizes the “reprehensible” shipment of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine and asks the US to withdraw authorization
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated this Wednesday that the sending of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine by the United States Government “seriously threatens the civilian population” and has urged the Joe Biden Administration to “reverse this reprehensible decision.” ” which suspends the efforts of the international community to “eradicate these indiscriminate weapons.
“Biden’s decision to transfer anti-personnel landmines endangers civilian lives and sets back international efforts to eradicate these indiscriminate weapons,” criticized the NGO’s deputy director of crises, conflicts and weapons, Mary Wareham.
HRW has recalled that International Law “prohibits” anti-personnel landmines, weapons that do not distinguish between military and civilian. In fact, in 2023, 84 percent of all its victims were civilians. Furthermore, he regretted that the recent measure by the head of the White House “rejects the most successful humanitarian disarmament treaty of the last 25 years.”
