Core sectors
Humanitarian disarmament and peacebuilding
The Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding sector is one of DRC’s five core sectors of intervention. It seeks to contribute to the fields of disarmament and peacebuilding through a focus on the safety and security of the conflict- and displacement-affected populations at the center of DRC’s mandate.
Our work in Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding is guided by a bottom-up, rights-based approach, which emphasizes the right of conflict- and displacement-affected communities to safety and security.
Community-level activities include, but are not limited to:
- reducing the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war
- reducing the risks associated with the storage and circulation of weapons and munitions
- mitigating and managing the tensions which lead to conflict
- and improving transparency and accountability in the relationships between local communities and duty bearers, such as local security providers.
Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding at All Levels
While our work starts at the community level, it aims to influence change at all levels to increase the understanding of community-level issues and encourage engagement with them.
This in turn strengthens the formal and informal institutional environment, which influences people’s safety and security at a local, national, and regional level.
The joint efforts of the sector contribute to the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 16 promoting peaceful, just, and inclusive institutions and societies.
This is done by combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, removing the threats posed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war, and improving security governance to prevent and manage conflicts.
The programmatic activities support community-based peacebuilding and security and promote sustainability by providing information on peace and security at all levels of society.
The sector is relevant for the development of global policy not only within disarmament and peacebuilding, but also in the humanitarian-development-peace ‘Triple Nexus’.
22 Apr 2024
Ukraine: Mechanical demining operations are gaining momentum in Mykolaiv Oblast
04 Apr 2024
Contending with an Insidious Threat: A Look Inside Mine Action Efforts in South Kordofan
04 Apr 2024
Helping to clear the way for Iraq's journey to recovery
04 Apr 2024
On Mine Awareness Day, reflections on progress and challenges for a mine free world
04 Apr 2024
Land Mines in Akobo County, South Sudan: A Looming Threat to Lives and Livelihoods
03 Apr 2024
Ukraine: Communities in contaminated areas face severe risks from explosive ordnance
28 Mar 2024
Ukraine: “I tried to hide in a cellar when a bomb hit my yard” — Ivanna
09 Feb 2024
Ukraine: Strengthening national mine action capabilities
05 Feb 2024
Life Amidst Landmines: Ahmed's Journey of Survival and Hope
02 Jan 2024
DRC Yemen: Transforming Lives in 2023
28 Dec 2023
DRC's Intervention Saves Saeed's Life Following a Landmine Explosion
10 Nov 2023
DRC’s support to Ukrainian civilians traveling from Poland to their hometowns: a glimpse into the mine risk education activities in Poland
26 Oct 2023
Ukraine: ‘I found a shell of a large calibre’ — DRC deminers clear agricultural lands
01 Oct 2023
Enhancing the Safety and Resilience of Communities through Humanitarian Mine Action Interventions in Yemen
12 Sep 2023
DRC attends the 11th Meeting of State Parties of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 11th to 14th of September.
25 Aug 2023
Poland: Protecting Ukrainian lives through Risk Education
18 Aug 2023
Kilometres of Ukraine's forests are contaminated with explosive ordnance: DRC helps make them safe
31 Jul 2023
In Nigeria, risk education about explosive ordinance aims at preventing accidents
27 Jul 2023
New graduates ready to join DRC demining efforts
25 Jul 2023
Civilians under shelling in Ukraine: Ivan spent months in a school basement surviving the frontline battles
19 Jul 2023
DRC's support for victims of shelling in Ukraine: a glimpse into the lives of Chernihiv families
11 Jul 2023
On sending and using cluster munitions: Never under any circumstances
06 Jun 2023
How DRC’s mine action work is restoring hope in Iraq
22 May 2023
Promoting Community Resilience through the Humanitarian, Basic Needs, and Conflict Sensitivity Nexus
28 Apr 2023
Ukrainian shoemaker survived a heavy explosion of an Explosive Ordnance left in a bin
05 Apr 2023
The urgent need to limit the impact of explosive devices on civilians in Mali
04 Apr 2023
20 years of mine action in Iraq
04 Apr 2023
Fear of mines worries farmers in Ukraine as the planting season starts
28 Mar 2023
Creating a safe space for communities affected by landmines in South Sudan
16 Mar 2023
DRC Secretary General: We have reached 3 million Ukrainians
02 Mar 2023
Humanitarian mine action in Ukraine – much more than removing explosives
23 Feb 2023
DRC clears villages in Kyiv Oblast littered with explosive ordnance
30 Jan 2023
Mykolaiv: A city without doors, windows and half of its citizens
21 Oct 2022
DRC in Ukraine: Risk education saves lives in conflict-affected communities
23 Sep 2022
Removing explosive remnants of war in Ukraine
02 Sep 2022
Danish press release: DRC will commence demining activities in Helmand
10 Aug 2022
Humanitarian Mine Action: DRC aid workers trained in Denmark
27 Jul 2022
DRC Ukraine: Needs for Explosive Ordnance Risk Education grow by the day
23 Jun 2022
Ukraine: DRC deminers save lives by clearing explosives on roads
20 May 2022
Press release: DRC signs large-scale agreement in Ukraine on Humanitarian Mine Action
25 Apr 2022
Humanitarian mine action in Afghanistan
05 Apr 2022
Explosive remnants of war in Ukraine
24 Mar 2022
The deadly legacy of Yemen’s forgotten conflict
17 Feb 2022
Hardship and resilience in rural Afghanistan: Meet Nabiullah from Nawa
14 Jan 2022
Afghan mine action capacity at risk
Demining
The former Danish Demining Group becomes one of five core sectors in Danish Refugee Council
11 Apr 2024
More than 250 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
21 Sep 2023
Youth-led social cohesion: Bringing Muqdadiya back together
22 May 2023
Promoting Community Resilience through the Humanitarian, Basic Needs, and Conflict Sensitivity Nexus
10 May 2023
Photo gallery from Mali: Our emergency mobile teams deploy within 72 hours - even to the hardest-to-reach areas.
22 Mar 2023
Open Letter to the Yemeni Parties to the Conflict from 141 NGOs: Restore and Renew the Truce and Build Lasting Peace
11 Aug 2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cookies for peace
01 Aug 2022
Joint Statement
07 Jul 2022
The Transition to Peace and Recovery in Rural Afghanistan
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