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The International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) is an NGO partnership calling for immediate action to prevent human suffering from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
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Towards a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas: states need to ensure that expressed commitments translate into real impacts on the ground
This report was written by Katrin Geyer of Reaching Critical Will, WILPF, and first published here. The first round of consultations Read More
First consultation on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare: Towards a political declaration to address the humanitarian harm arising from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
The first of a series of consultations on the development of a political declaration on explosive weapons
INEW statement to the first Geneva Consultation “Towards a Political Declaration to Address the Humanitarian Harm Arising from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas”
INEW statement Geneva Consultations: “Towards a Political Declaration to Address the Humanitarian Harm Arising from the use of Explosive Weapons Read More
INEW briefing note for states ahead of the 18 November informal consultation on an EWIPA political declaration
Towards a political declaration to address the harm from explosive weapons in
populated areas: Key issues ahead of the informal consultation in Geneva on 18 November 2019
First Committee 2019 update – week 3
A particular highlight of the conventional weapons debate was the joint statement on explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA), coordinated Read More
Seventy-one states call for action on impact of explosive weapons in joint statement to UN General Assembly
On 24 October at the UN General Assembly’s First Committee in New York, seventy-one countries joined a statement led by Read More
First Committee 2019 update – week 2
In the second week of general debate, Angola, Austria, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, San Marino, Switzerland all raised concern over the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, alongside the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW).
Turkey’s operations in north-eastern Syria: The devastating impact of explosive weapons
The escalation of hostilities in north-eastern Syria once again illustrates the urgent need for the international community to take decisive political action that will set a stronger standard for civilian protection from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
Photo: © Save the Children
First Committee 2019 update – week 1
In the opening couple of days of First Committee, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, and Uruguay both raised the issue of explosive weapons in populated areas, and referenced the recent meeting on this theme which took place in Vienna on 1-2 October 2019. The Vienna Conference on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Warfare was hosted by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and saw the participation of 133 states as well as international organisations and civil society and concluded with plans to start discussions for an international political declaration through a meeting in Geneva on 18 November 2018.
[Photo credit: Philippe Kropf/OCHA]
INEW briefing on protecting civilians from explosive weapons, October 2019
INEW briefing on protecting civilians EWIPA UNGA2019
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Acknowledgement of harm
A growing number of states have acknowledged the issue of harm in their national statements to international forums. Read more.