On 3 and 4 December 2008, 94 states signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions. This treaty prohibits the use, stockpiling, manufacture and transfer of cluster munitions and includes groundbreaking provisions to assist victims. Handicap International actively participated in drafting this treaty and for several years campaigned to prohibit these weapons together with partners from the Cluster Munition Coalition, a network that includes about 300 NGOs. In the last two years, the process has accelerated.

Together with its many partners, Handicap International keeps pushing for the full implementation and universalization of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Convention).

The "Ban Newsletter" provides a regular update on the conventions on landmines and cluster munitions. Ban Newsletter – April 2009