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The Right to Sight and to Walk Without Fear

The Right to Sight and to Walk Without Fear. Mine Ban Treaty. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Ottawa Treaty) 1997 States Parties: 160 34 not signed 2 signed but not ratified

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The Right to Sight and to Walk Without Fear

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  1. The Right to Sight and to Walk Without Fear

  2. Mine Ban Treaty • Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Ottawa Treaty) 1997 • States Parties: 160 • 34 not signed • 2 signed but not ratified • International Humanitarian Law

  3. International Treaty in Force • 1998: 26,000 reported landmine deaths • 2011: 5,000 reported landmine deaths Source: International Campaign to Ban Landmines

  4. Blindness from Landmines • Highest rates of monocular and bilateral blindness from trauma ever reported • 1% of monocular blindness from trauma (50% from APLs) Cambodia. Rutzen, Ellish, Schwab: 1996 • 4% of bilateral blindness from trauma (82% from APLs) Cambodia. Jackson, Foster: consecutive hospital study, 1997 • 24% of bilateral blindness from APLs Albania. Gilbert: blind school survey, 1997

  5. Vision2020: The Right to Sight The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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