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Understanding the Campaign to Ban Cluster Munitions

Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Most recent country signatures and ratifications

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Disability, The Legal Framework for Survivor Assistance in 24 States Parties

Prosthetics and Orthotics Project and Programme Guides
Supporting and Implementing P&O services in low-income countries

Convention Ratification Handbook

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Landmine Survivors Network is expanding our mission from serving those injured by landmines to serving all those who have been injured by the man-made epidemic of violence and war. To reflect our new mission, we are changing our name to Survivor Corps.

Over the past 12 years, we’ve successfully helped thousands of landmine victims rise above their circumstance and become peaceful agents of change. Because of this success, we believe that we are obligated to do more. We know how to make a difference. We can make a difference. We will
make a difference.

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Final Countdown!
Just Weeks Until the Disability Rights Convention Becomes Law

April 3, 2008 — Ecuador has announced that they will ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, April 3, 2008, fulfilling the twenty ratifications necessary for the Convention to enter into force by May 3, 2008.

Very soon, years of work on the part of Survivor Corps (formally Landmine Survivors Network) to bring governments and disability organizations together in support of the treaty will pay off. The most comprehensive human rights treaty ever negotiated, affecting the lives of 650 million people with disabilities worldwide, will become international law.

Addise Agafari's story of recovery from a landmine accident is truly remarkable, and it is a story still in the making. With the help of LSN, Addise overcame limb loss and family rejection to start her own business selling injera, an Ethiopian bread. She has since expanded her business to include sewing handmade traditional Ethiopian garments. She takes classes in the evenings to further her education, and she volunteers with 3 community groups. She has triumphed over her injuries in a way that inspires us and the other survivors who meet her, and demonstrates the full potential of people with disabilities to make meaningful contributions to society.

LSN Co-Founder Ken Rutherford Addresses Cluster Munitions Conference in New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand, February 18-22, 2008-LSN Co-Founder Ken Rutherford addressed representatives from 100 governments at the Wellington Conference on Cluster Munitions, a part of the Oslo Process, which is committed to creating a new international treaty on cluster munitions in 2008. He reminded them of the importance of including strong provisions for victims of cluster munitions in the new treaty, and of including survivors in the treaty process.

LSN Bosnia Staff Give Back

Staff members at LSN's Bosnia-Herzegovina office have volunteered to give one percent of their monthly salaries back to LSN as a donation. Giving back is a hallmark of true survivorship: it benefits the giver by replacing thoughts of his or her own suffering with a sense of competency, pride and belonging in the community.

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