… A set of global guidelines has been developed to document good practice in mine action and to aid their translation into national standards. Mine action standards have been developed to improve safety, efficiency…
…The Role of the Military in Mine Action This study seeks to determine the comparative advantages of the use of serving military in mine action programmes. The study considers a range of operational mine action tasks…
…Maputo +15 | What was then, what is now and what comes next for the AP Mine Ban Convention? The GICHD invites its partners to attend the Maputo +15 series of events, organised by the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention…
…A Study of Manual Mine Clearance Manual mine clearance is the fundamental tenet of mine action, yet has never been thoroughly analysed. The GICHD has managed a study into manual mine clearance analysing the history,…
…The evolving context of mine action The purpose of this study is two-fold: 1) To examine the changing nature of arms control and disarmament, focusing on what appear to be a few of the most promising frameworks for…
…Coordinating Mine Action with XML technologies The Mine Action XML (maXML) is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema developed by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). It aims to…
…DVD: Mine Action Animals The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has published a series of three short films on animal mine detection, available as a DVD. Animals are an important tool for…
…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…
