Essay On Antipersonnel Landmines

“Antipersonnel landmines are explosive devices designed to injure or kill people. They can lie dormant for years and even decades under, on, or near the ground until a person or animal triggers their detonating mechanism” (Land Mine Monitor, 2014). There is not control for detonation of landmines and can be activated by pressure, by a radio signal or other remote method or by the closeness of a person. As landmines do not have a specific target are consider victim- activated weapons causing the kill or injure of civilians and soldiers. Detonation of a landmine can be lethal or cause injuries such as blindness, burns, damage limbs and wounds.
During and after conflicts or war, landmines can be found on roads, rural fields, forest, deserts and in the proximities to houses and schools. These weapons can also limit the access to food and water and obstruct the movement of the individual interfering with the people’s participation in education or having access to medical care.
Landmines are being a concern for
The population frequently affected is the most vulnerable part of the society being those in the rural areas often forced to displacement to the city looking for survival opportunities, but opportunities are not easy to find and most of the time survivors from landmines incidents ended up living from charity after facing mutilation and amputation that have disable them to continue providing for themselves and their families. The problem is being addressed by government of countries involved and with the support of international entities and organizations, initiatives are being developed and placed into action to minimize the effects of the problem; technology is playing a key role into this process by providing tools that not only make the practice a little easy, but that also are taking into consideration security