Cluster Munitions

Since 2003, Netwerk Vlaanderen campaigns around banks and their investments in weapons. In the field of cluster munitions, a lot has changed in Belgium: since 2007, investing in cluster munitions is banned by law in Belgium. Also internationally progress is made: in December 2008, the Convention on Cluster Munition was signed, a clear signal of the international community that cluster munitions is seen as a inhuman and illegal weapon. Nevertheless banks world-wide keep on investing in cluster munitions and thereby they support the production of this cruel weapon.

In co-operation with IKV Pax Christi, a Peace Organisation from the Netherlands, Netwerk Vlaanderen presents the results of its research on banks and their involvement in cluster munitions producers in the report entitled 'Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions: a Shared Responsibility'. The research findings were updated in May 2011.