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Environmental Determinants Of Landmine Detection By Dogs: Findings From A Large-Scale Study In Afghanistan, Rebecca Sargisson, Ian Mclean, Jennifer Brown, Håvard Bach
Environmental Determinants Of Landmine Detection By Dogs: Findings From A Large-Scale Study In Afghanistan, Rebecca Sargisson, Ian Mclean, Jennifer Brown, Håvard Bach
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This article's purpose is to examine the strengths and weaknesses of mine-detection dogs in different environments. The experiments employed a total of 39 dogs in Afghanistan between October 2002 and July 2003. The results are discussed here.
Second Conference On Psychosocial Rehabilitation For Landmine Survivors And Persons With Disabilities, Reykhan Muminova
Second Conference On Psychosocial Rehabilitation For Landmine Survivors And Persons With Disabilities, Reykhan Muminova
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Tajikistan Mine Action Centre and the Afghanistan Disability Support Programme hosted the second Regional Psychosocial Rehabilitation Conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 19–20 October 2011. This conference attracted high-level officials from key Afghan, Iranian and Tajik ministries and departments, as well as organizations working with landmine survivors, persons with disabilities and in psychosocial rehabilitation programs.
New Online Tool Links Landmine, Cluster-Bomb And Disability Treaties, Erin Hunt
New Online Tool Links Landmine, Cluster-Bomb And Disability Treaties, Erin Hunt
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Mines Action Canada has launched a new interactive online tool to explain and make connections among three groundbreaking international humanitarian treaties: the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and Their Destruction (also known at the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention or APMBC), the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions and the 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities.