International Campaign to Ban Landmines
international organization
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- ICBL
- Formation
- October 1992 ; 33 years ago ( 1992-10 )
- Founder
- Jody Williams
- Founded at
- New York , United States
- Type
- NGO
- Legal status
- Nonprofit
- Purpose
- Working for a world free of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions
- Headquarters
- Geneva , Switzerland
- Region served
- Worldwide
- Methods
- Public awareness, publications and advocating at national, regional and international levels
- Fields
- Disarmament of anti-personnel mines
- Website
- www.icbl.org
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The Campaign receiving the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose objective is to prohibit the use and proliferation of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions.