Final Talks on Cluster Munition Ban Treaty
hrw.org     May 16, 2008            

States Should Resist Weakening Treaty in Any Way The more than 100 countries that will gather in Dublin, Ireland on May 19 to negotiate a new international treaty aimed at banning cluster munitions should reject attempts to weaken the treaty, Human Rights Watch said today. Participating countries... [read full story]                

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