Georgia

Survey identified 31km² of previously unrecorded cluster munition-contaminated area in 2024, more than double the total area released through survey and clearance. Operator capacity dropped as a result of donor funding cuts that forced Danish Refugee Council (DRC), one of two international non-governmental organisations tackling cluster munition remnants (CMR), to halt operations at the end of July 2024 and close DRC’s programme. The Directorate of Mine Action (DMA) acknowledged that Iraq will not meet its 2028 Article 4 clearance deadline and will need to seek another No survey or clearance of anti-personnel (AP) mines by national or international operators took place in Georgia during 2024, and the last reported release of any AP mined area was in 2022. No international operators are deployed in Georgia, either in Tbilisi Administered Territory (TAT) or in Abkhazia, an autonomous republic outside the effective control of the Georgian government, since The HALO Trust withdrew from the country in 2023. It is uncertain if and how international mine action may resume in Georgia, following the passing of a legislative package by Georgia’s Parliament in April 2025, which restricts the activities
of international donor-funded organisations.

• Georgia should accede to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) as a matter of priority.

• Georgia should clear AP mines in areas under its jurisdiction or control as soon as possible, consonant with its obligations under international human rights law.

• Georgia should pursue bilateral political dialogue with Azerbaijan as well as multilateral dialogue with all stakeholders to enable clearance of the Red Bridge border minefield.

• Georgia should develop a resource mobilisation strategy and engage with donors to secure the resources needed to complete clearance.

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