Day 317

December 2, 2025

1 documented event

  1. Serious Rights Violation Foreign Policy & War

    Hegseth Reverses US Landmine Ban, Rescinds $5B+ Humanitarian Demining Program

    On December 2, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo reversing the Biden-era prohibition on US use of antipersonnel landmines outside the Korean Peninsula and rescinding the US Humanitarian Mine Program — a decades-long initiative that had provided over $5 billion to help 125+ countries clear unexploded landmines. The US was the world's largest donor to mine-clearing in 2024.

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