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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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Launch of the Explosive Weapons Monitor
The International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) is launching a new civil society initiative – the Explosive Weapons Monitor – Read More
UN Security Council Virtual Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Conflict
A short report on the UN Security Council’s virtual debate on the Secretary General’s recent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Image: © UN Photo
INEW online event: Explosive weapons and human health – how to better protect civilians
Thursday 27 May 2021, 9:00 – 10:30 New York / 15:00 – 16:30 Geneva (on Zoom)
This panel discussion will investigate the range of harms to human health caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, as well as ongoing discussions towards a political declaration to better protect civilians from such harms.
European Parliamentarian Conference on the future political declaration to protect civilians from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA)
Online, Thursday 27th May 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 (CEST). The invitation is open to European Parliamentarians as well as INEW members. Please confirm your participation by May 21st
INEW delivers statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the use of explosive weapons in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
INEW statement on the use of explosive weapons, delivered by Laura Boillot to the Human Rights Council – Special session to address the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories including East Jerusalem
AOAV Report Launch: A Decade of Explosive Violence Harm
Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) presents the findings from ten years’ worth of data on the global use of explosive weapons in our latest, milestone report.
Media release: A decade’s data: 9/10 casualties in armed conflicts are civilians when explosive weapons are used in towns and cities
PDF version (Tuesday, May 25, 2021) – Over the past ten years Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), an INEW member, Read More
A decade of data highlights heavy toll explosive weapon use in towns and cities has on civilians
Over the past ten years Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), an INEW member, has collected data documenting the impact of Read More
UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Conflict
The annual open debate on the protection of civilians will be livestreamed this year from UN HQ in New York.
UN Secretary-General decries devastating impact of explosive weapons in latest annual report on the protection of civilians in conflict
In his new report on the protection of civilians in conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasises that, over the last year, civilians continued to bear the brunt of military operations and calls for parties to conflict to avoid the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
UN Security Council urges more action to protect critical civilian infrastructure during conflict
On 27 April, the UN Security Council held an open debate on “Critical Infrastructure: The Protection of Objects Indispensable to Read More
New INEW briefing: Protecting civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
Ahead of the UN Security Council’s open debate on the protection of civilians in conflict, INEW’s latest briefing calls for a clear collective commitment to prevent human suffering from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
International Parliamentary Appeal
About the Appeal Parliamentarians have a vital role to play in enhancing the protection of civilians in armed conflict and Read More
Acknowledgement of harm
A growing number of states have acknowledged the issue of harm in their national statements to international forums. Read more.
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