The Global Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Repository was established by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University in 2018 to serve as the central information archives for the global humanitarian mine action (HMA) and physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) communities. This repository includes the entirety of The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, which is also available as a stand-alone repository here. We welcome submissions from all individuals and organizations who have research, studies or documentation related to the policy, implementation, or monitoring of HMA and PSSM activities.
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Submissions from 2022
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Issue 25.3, CISR JMU
TNMAC's Victim Assistance Activities: The Mental Health Aspect of Survivors and HMA Personnel, Reykhan Muminova, MD, PhD and Muhabbat Ibrohimzoda, PhD
To Walk the Earth in Safety 21st Edition (CY2021), U.S. Department of State
Submissions from 2021
Accident Response to Mitigate Risk: A Call to Action, Lillian Gates
Afghanistan’s First Female Deminers: An Analysis of Perception Changes Among Deminers, Families, and Communities, Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
An Innovative Approach to the Mental Health Needs of Humanitarian Mine Action Personnel, Ken Falke; Bret A. Moore Psy.D., ABPP; and Richard Tedeschi, Ph.D.
A Note from the Interim Director, Suzanne Fiederlein Ph.D.
Applying "All Reasonable Effort" in the Falkland Islands Mine Clearance Programme: Encouraging Efficient, Confident, and Timely Evidence-Based Land Release Decision Making, David Hewitson and Guy Marot
A Pressing Need: Decades of Agreement, Few Results on Arms Record-Keeping, Philip Alpers
Assisting Landmine Survivors in Yemen, Elise Becker and Tamara Klingsheim
A Virtual Reality Application for the Training of Deminers, Lynn Al Khansa, Elias Bou Saada, Rachid Maalouf, Mohammed Al-Husseini Ph.D., Ali El-Hajj Ph.D., Mohammed Baydoun Ph.D., and Hassan Ghaziri Ph.D.
Barrier Analysis and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education, Kim Fletcher and India McGrath
Clearing the Mines 2021, Mine Action Review
Climate Change and Extreme Weather: How Can Mine Action Programs Adapt to Our Changing Environment?, Linsey Cottrell and Carlie Stowe
Data-Driven Decision-Making in Southeast Asia, Mikael Bold and David Avenell
Developing National Landmine Clearance Capacity in Ukraine, Anonymous n/a
Digital Rehabilitation Technologies Deliver Hope for Survivors, Abder Banoune
Exploratory Study on the Current Limitations of Personal Protective Equipment and the Potential for Innovation, Kyaw Lin Htut
Explosive Ordnance Risk Education in Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Anonymous n/a
First Steps to Limiting Conflict Pollution in Central Vietnam, Allan R. Vosburgh
GICHD: Reducing Risk from Explosive Ordnance Making Communi, Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
Guiding Principles for Victim Assistance, International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munition Coalition
Hidden Crisis in Borno State, Sean Sutton
How to Implement Drones and Machine Learning to Reduce Time, Costs, and Dangers Associated with Landmine Detection, Jasper Baur, Gabriel Steinberg, Alex Nikulin Ph.D., Kenneth Chiu Ph.D., and Timothy de Smet Ph.D.
Impact Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Humanitarian Demining in Colombia, Salomé Valencia Aguirre, Angela De Santis Ph.D., and Sebastián Tovar Jaramillo
Innovative Finance for Mine Action, Camille Wallen, Peter Nicholas, and Anna von Griesheim
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Land Release and Stockpile Destruction Operations—Notes on a New Technical Note for Mine Action, Roly Evans and David Hewitson
Landmine Clearance and Socioeconomic Development: A Study in Colombia, Oliver Ford, Amazia Zargarian, and Eric Keefer
Letter from the Editor: The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Celebrates 25 Years!, Steven Costner
Linking Mine Action and Development: The Case of Komyshuvakha, Anonymous n/a
Managing Risk Through Transparency and Cooperation: Improving Lebanon’s PSSM Capacity, Jamie McGhee
Measuring Explosive Munitions Use with Open-Source Data: A New Tool for Enhancing Humanitarian Mine Action, Jonathan Robinson and Christoph Baade
Mechanical Equipment in IED Clearance: Observations from Iraq, Pehr Lodhammar and Mark Wilkinson Ph.D.
Mental Health: Taking a Proactive Approach to Support Staff in Mine Action, Laura Biscaglia, Abigail Jones, and Robert White
Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Explosive Ordnance and Land Release, Mine Action Review
Moving the Story Forward Utilizing Deminer Narratives to Increase Women’s Empowerment in Mine Action and Beyond, Brenna Matlock
Recognizing and Reducing Risks From Ammunition and Explosives, Martina Salini and Samuel Paunila
Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence in the Mine Action Sector, Martin Jebens and Rob White
Saving Lives in Eastern Ukraine: Alternative EORE Approaches, Anonymous n/a
Tailoring Explosive Ordnance Risk Education: How MAG Addresses Gender/Cultural Sensitivities and Local Risk-Taking Behavior, Sebastian Kasack
The Elusive “Just Enough”: Re-inventing Explosive Hazard Clearance Management in Iraq, Mark Wilkinson Ph.D.
The Exploitation of Landmines in the Falkland Islands, Colin King
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Issue 25.1, CISR JMU
The Second Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Convention on Cluster Munitions
The Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action in Jordan, Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining, Angela Hoyos Iborro, and Olag Juergensen
To Walk the Earth in Safety 20th Edition (CY2020), U.S. Department of State
Unexplored Opportunities: Multi-Sector Strategies for Collaboration in Underwater Unexploded Ordnance Remediation, Chris Price
Submissions from 2020
A Guide to the Oslo Action Plan and Provisional Results of 2020 Monitoring: Survey and Clearance, Mine Action Review
A New Approach to Understanding, Achieving, and Demonstrating IMAS Compliance, David Hewitson
A Persistent Danger: Unexploded Ordnance in Populated Areas, Norwegian People's Aid, Mines Advisory Group, and Humanity and Inclusion
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Committee on Article 5 Implementation Observations, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Committee on Cooperative Compliance, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Committee on the Enhancement of Cooperation and Assistance, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Committee on Victim Assistance Observations, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Full Program, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: President of the Eighteenth Meeting of States Parties, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Statements on Matters Compliance, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Statements on Matters Related to Article 5 Implementation, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Statements on Matters Related to Cooperation and Assistance, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Statements on Matters Related to General Statements by States and Organizations, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention 2020 Intercessional Meeting: Statements on Matters Related to Victim Assistance Implementation, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
AP Mine Ban Convention Intercessional 2020 Meeting: Statements on Matters Related to Stockpile Destruction and Retained Mines, Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
A Real-Time Video-Streaming System for Monitoring Demining, Mohammed al-Husseini Ph.D., Masoud Alipour Ph.D., Hassan Ghaziri Ph.D., and Ali El-Hajj Ph.D.
Assessing Ukraine's Victim Assistance Capacities, Kateryna Mashchenko, Tetiana Shymanchuk, Oleh Stoiev, and Nick Vovk
A Twenty-Minute Walk Through Fallujah: Using Virtual Reality to Raise Awareness about IEDs in Iraq, Sandra Bialystok
Augmented and Virtual Reality for HMA EOD Training, Allen Dodgson Tan
Automated UAS Aeromagnetic Surveys to Detect MBRL Unexploded Ordnance, Alex Nikulin, Ph.D.; Timothy deSmet, Ph.D.; Andrii Puliaiev; Vasyl Zhurakhov; Sofia Fasullo; Gabriel Chen; Isaac Spiegel; and Kaylee Cappuccio
Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2020, Mine Action Review
Clearing the Mines 2020: A Report by Mine Action Review for the Eighteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Mine Action Review
Cluster Munition Remnant Survey in Southeast Asia, Kimberly McCosker, Jan Erik Stoa, and Katherine Harrison
Community-Based Inclusive Development: Integrating Survivors into a Broader Victim Assistance System, Bernard Franck, Donna Koolmees, and Sarah French
Confidence-Building Through Mine Action on the Korean Peninsula, Guy Rhodes, Ph.D.
Death Sentence to Civilians: The Long-Term Impact of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas in Yemen, Humanity and Inclusion
Detonating the Media: Raising the Profile of Mine Action, Paul McCann
Developing a Sustainable National Training Capacity: Non-Technical Survey Training in Colombia, Marc Bonnet, Helen Gray, and Giulia Matassa
Disposal of Explosive Ordnance and Environmental Risk Mitigation, Roly Evans and Andy Duncan
Explosive Ordnance in the Baltic Sea: New Tools for Decision Makers, Torsten Frey, Jacek Beldowski, and Edmund Maser
Explosive Ordnance Victims and Risk Education: Lessons Learned from Colombia 2012-2019, Salomé Valencia, Angela Desantis, Matt Wilson, Sebastián Tovar Jaramillo, Angela Patricia Cortés Sánchez, and Ana Jaquelin Jaimes Alfonso
Game-Based Learning: An Innovative and Scalable Approach to Mine Risk Education, Ta Thi Hai Yen
Gender and Diversity Annual Report 2019, Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
Geneva International Centre for International Demining Annual Report 2019, Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Badger, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Bearcat, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: HSTAMIDS, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Improved Backhoe, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Light Soil Sifter, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Long Handle Tools, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Medium Minewolf, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Mine Clearing Loader, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Minehound, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Mini Minewolf, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Multi-Tool Attachments, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Multi-Tool Excavator, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Orbit Screen, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Rebel Crusher, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: REX, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Scorpion, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Target Reaquisition and Positioning System (TRPS), U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: Terrapin, U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
HD R&D Field Evaluation: The Severe Terrain Off-Road Menzi Muck (STORM), U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development
