Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday spurred global leaders to reinforce the global ban on cluster munitions and urged states still using or producing these weapons to promptly join the treaty following the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) release of its annual report .

Mark Hiznay , associate crisis, conflict, and arms director at HRW, explained the call to action in the organizations released statement:

Civilians around the world continue to lose their lives and limbs to cluster munitions, even from weapons used decades ago…Members of the Convention on Cluster Munitions should abide by the treaty’s provisions and encourage other governments to immediately stop using cluster munitions… Governments should now act to reinforce the stigma against these indiscriminate weapons and cond

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