The Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 report #CCM2025 has been released. It paints a mixed picture of significant humanitarian progress amidst serious new challenges to the international norm. On one hand, the convention's positive impact is undeniable: in 2024, States Parties destroyed more cluster munition remnants than in any of the preceding five years, releasing over 100km² of land and greatly reducing the threat to civilians. On the other, the report documents alarming setbacks, including Lith

The international treaty banning cluster munitions is making demonstrable progress, but it's being tested by countries that have not joined it. Mary Wareham, deputy crisis, conflict, and arms director at Human Rights Watch and editor of “Cluster Munition Monitor 2024,” discusses the 2024 report ⤵️ | Human Rights Watch

F-16 dropping clusters A cluster bomb, also known as a cluster munition, is a type of explosive weapon that releases multiple smaller bomblets (submunitions) over a wide area. These bomblets can be designed to kill personnel, destroy vehicles, or both. It is typically an air-dropped or ground-launched device that disperses numerous bomblets over a designated area. These bomblets explode upon impact or are designed to detonate shortly after. The Convention on Cluster Munitions, adopted in 2008, p