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The continuous use of cluster bombs in several conflicts around the world shows a disregard for human rights and tarnishes the image of those countries that make, sell, and use them.
Syria’s military has stepped up its use of the widely banned cluster bombs during battles against rebel forces, Human Rights Watch reported Sunday.
The New Zealand SuperFund is carrying investments in companies that manufacture cluster bombs, says the Green Party.
Royal Bank of Scotland (majority-owned by the U.K. government), Lloyds TSB, Barclays, and HSBC fund companies producing cluster bombs despite international treaties.
The banning of cluster bombs has come a step closer with New Zealand being one of the first countries to sign the ban at the Convention on Cluster Munitions
