For the first 6 months of 2016, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recorded 106 incidents related or...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/new-data-show-most-anti-vehicle-mine-incidents-occur-in-current-conflicts/https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/gichd-director-stefano-toscano-interviewed-on-radio-suisse-italienne-rsi-following-launch-of-chara/
After decades of work clearing over 12,000 hectares of land and destroying more than one million landmines, Algeria declared itself free of anti-personnel landmines during the 20th International...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/algeria-declares-itself-free-of-anti-personnel-mines/Hammelburg The objectives for the training course will be to provide participants with: • Up-to-date NTS methodologies, techniques and technologies • A real-life environment with practical...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/upcoming-events/other/event/operational-efficiency-non-technical-survey-training-1480580531/Over the last years, the use of explosive weapons in populated areas has significantly increased. Those weapons, originally designed for use in open battlefields, have devastating effects on civilians...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/launch-event-study-and-website-explosive-weapons-in-populated-areas/The GICHD is currently delivering the first "Mine Action Subject Matter Interpreter Course“ in Ukraine. The aim of the course is to introduce professional interpreters and staff involved in technical...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/subject-matter-interpreter-course-taking-place-in-ukraine/The 2017 National Director's Meeting (NDM) will be taking place from 7 - 10 February at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This annual meeting is an opportunity for members of the mine action...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/20th-international-meeting-of-mine-action-national-programme-directors-and-united-nations-advisors/The Mine Action XML (maXML) is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) aims to standardize data management and data exchange among actors in the mine action community, which includes individuals and...
https://www.gichd.org/en/what-we-do/our-news/news-detail/gichd-develops-the-mine-action-extensible-markup-language-xml/