Lithuania: Decision to leave convention banning anti-personnel mines could put civilian lives at risk

By Amnesty International

Reacting to a vote Lithuanian parliament to withdraw from the Ottawa convention, a landmark treaty prohibiting the use of anti-personnel mines, Esther Major, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Research in Europe, said: “Today’s decision to leave the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is a retrograde move that will only further weaken the global consensus aimed at […] The post Lithuania: Decision to leave convention banning anti-personnel mines could put civilian lives at risk appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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