The International Campaign to Ban Landmines is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose objective is to prohibit the use and proliferation of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions.
The Campaign receiving the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize
A Sri Lankan elephant injured by a land mine
Jody Williams
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Jody Williams is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights, and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today'
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
…internationally to eradicate antipersonnel landmines. A prominent supporter was Diana, Princess of Wales. The organization and its founding coordinator, Jody Williams, jointly received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring about the Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty). The signature of this treaty (which…
Williams in 2001