Cluster Munitions: Ban Treaty Under Pressure

Click to expand Image Red sandbags cover unexploded submunitions awaiting destruction near a school in Xiang Khouang Province, Laos. © 2008 Mark Hiznay/Human Rights Watch Cluster munitions killed or injured at least 1,063 people globally in 2025. This figure is among the highest annual totals recorded by the Cluster Munition Coalition in its annual Cluster Munition Monitor. Cluster munitions typically disperse multiple explosive submunitions over a wide area. Many fail to explode on initial impa