This training provides mine action staff (host nation government officials and expatriate technical advisers) with an overview of the current legal norms and standards governing landmines and explosive remnants of war and facilitates the development of appropriate national mine action legislation for a country. It builds upon the GICHD Study of National Mine Action Legislation and its accompanying guide, Developing Mine Action Legislation, as well as other relevant material and experience.

Training Content

  • The need for national mine action legislation
  • The structure of a mine action programme
  • The relationship of mine action legislation to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
  • The process of developing national mine action legislation
  • A case study of national mine action legislation

Associated Readings

  • A Guide to Mine Action (GICHD)*
  • A Guide to Developing National Mine Action Legislation (GICHD)*

For further information, please contact

Sharmala Naidoo