8/15/2008 - Russia has dropped cluster bombs on civilian areas in the neighboring country of Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding dozens more. On August 7, 2008, Russia began an armed offensive against Georgia over South Ossetia, a region long recognized as part of Georgia but home to an ethnic minority with close ties to Russia. ...
8/15/2008 - Two years ago, in August of 2006, the massive use of cluster bombs in the Lebanon-Israel conflict triggered an international response, setting into motion the Oslo process aiming to ban these weapons. This year in May, the Convention on Cluster Munitions was adopted, and the global community forcefully exclaimed that cluster bombs cause unacceptable harm and must not be used any longer....
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From July 21 – 25, 2008 Survivor Corps hosted the fourth annual Balkana Regional Art Colony on the shores of Balkana Lake in Mrkonjic Grad, Bosnia-Herzegovina. This yearly retreat is designed to build community among artists with disabilities in Southeast Europe, showcase their talent, and raise awareness of disability rights. The theme of the 2008 event was From Words to Deeds! It included a strong call for compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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May 19, 2008 – The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has entered into force! On May 12, Survivor Corps joined the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, state delegations, people with disabilities, the leaders of the international disability community, and high-ranking international government representatives in the hall of the UN General Assembly to celebrate the entry into force of the Convention....
April 3, 2008 – Ecuador has announced that they will ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, April 3 2008, fulfilling the twenty ratifications necessary for the convention to enter into force within the next thirty days.
Very soon, years of work on the part of Survivor Corps (formally Landmine Survivors Network) to bring governments and disability organizations together in support of the treaty will pay off. The most comprehensive human rights treaty every negotiated, affecting the lives of 650 million people with disabilities worldwide, will become international law....
Violence is a man-made epidemic that affects every aspect of a community. ...
Giving back is a hallmark of true survivorship: it benefits the giver by replacing thoughts of his or her own suffering with a sense of competency, pride and belonging in the community....
Wellington, New Zealand, February 18-22, 2008—LSN Co-Founder Ken Rutherford addressed representatives from 100 governments at the Wellington Conference on Cluster Munitions, a part of the Oslo Process, which is committed to creating a new international treaty on cluster munitions in 2008. He reminded them of the importance of including strong provisions for victims of cluster munitions in the new treaty, and of including survivors in the treaty process.
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On January 27, 1973, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States signed the Paris Peace Accords, officially ending the Vietnam War. Thirty-five years later, unexploded cluster bomb remnants in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia continue to kill and maim civilians....
Regardless of where they live and how they are injured, conflict survivors have the same basic needs for emotional support, adequate health care, equal rights, and the means to support themselves. We have developed proven methods for helping victims recover. We see enormous opportunities—and an urgent need—to make our programs available to survivors not only of landmines, but of war, atrocity and terror around the world. We believe that those who have been most scarred by violence can become the most powerful agents of change....
On December 8, 2007, the Cluster Munitions Coalition Steering Committee voted unanimously to invite Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) to join the Steering Committee, alongside colleagues from Handicap International, Human Rights Watch, Landmine Action, and many other organizations. LSN has been a leader in advocating for victim assistance provisions in the new treaty banning cluster munitions, and will continue in this role as a member of the Steering Committee. ...