In February 2014 the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) found new cluster munition contamination near the town of Bor on the road to Juba. As early as July 2014, evidence indicated cluster munitions had been used. In August 2014, remnants of cluster munitions were documented in territory controlled by Ukrainian government forces and in territory controlled by armed insurgents. An OSCE mission documented use by Ukrainian government forces in Luhansk city in late January 2015, while Ukrainian government forces had already used cluster munitions in Donetsk city in October 2014. In 20, e vidence continued to emerge indicating that Libyan National Army forces were using cluster munitions.Ĭluster munitions were used by both sides to the conflict in January and February 2015. The commander of the air force of the internationally recognized government of Libya has denied using cluster munitions. There is confirmed evidence that cluster munitions were used in at least two instances between December 2014 and March 2015, in Sirte and Bin Jawad, and additional unconfirmed reports of use on the Watiya front. The government of Sudan should investigate and explain these incidents, as requested by the UN Security Council on 29 June 2015. There have been additional reports of use in May 2015. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and others have documented evidence of at least 23 cluster munition attacks during the conflict.Ĭluster munitions were used by the Sudanese air force in the Nuba Mountains (South Kordofan) during indiscriminate bombings on civilian areas in February and March 2015. In 2018, cluster munition attacks were probably ongoing but were more difficult to record and confirm, due to challenges in collecting first-hand evidence. The armed coalition led by Saudi Arabia used cluster bombs repeatedly in populated areas in 2015-2017. The government has denied possessing or using cluster munitions, but its armed forces are responsible for the bulk of the more than 630 cluster munition attacks recorded from 2012 to mid-2018. Cluster munitions have been used by over 20 states during armed conflict in over 35 countries.ĭetails on all instances of use are available through the Cluster Munition Monitor and in individual country profiles.
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