About the product
Since its entry into force on 1 March 1999, the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) has been tremendously successful in attaining its aim of abolishing anti-personnel landmines. However, in terms of mine victim assistance, another goal sanctioned by the treaty, results have been much less heartening. This may be partially due to the weakness of existing formal monitoring of victim assistance mechanisms that fail to expose fully the needs and circumstances of mine affected communities. This publication explores the possibility of adopting participatory monitoring techniques on a trial basis in the heavily mined countries of Nicaragua, Mozambique and Cambodia. Such techniques, which draw on the involvement of the locals, promise to foster a better match between mine victim aid and mine victim needs and could prove instrumental in enhancing the rehabilitation of mine affected communities.
