Myanmar recorded more than 1,000 landmine and unexploded ordnance casualties in 2023, the highest in the world, according to UNICEF and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Independent human rights experts said this figure represents only part of a wider crisis as the junta escalates attacks on civilians, including people with disabilities.
They reported that soldiers have forced civilians to walk through minefields and have blocked medical care and prosthetics for victims, actions that violate the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and UN Security Council Resolution 2475. Children are among the most affected. UNICEF confirmed that more than 27 percent of the casualties in 2024 were minors, out of 1,052 verified civilian casualties in 2023. T
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Source: Mizzima News
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