The International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) is launching a new civil society initiative – the Explosive Weapons Monitor – Read More

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 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

PDF version (Tuesday, May 25, 2021) – Over the past ten years Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), an INEW member, Read More

Over the past ten years Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), an INEW member, has collected data documenting the impact of Read More

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.

On 27 April, the UN Security Council held an open debate on “Critical Infrastructure: The Protection of Objects Indispensable to Read More

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

The use of heavy explosive weapons in the Gaza strip and Israel is killing and injuring civilians and must stop.

INEW and 25 other civil society organisations have issued a joint statement ahead of the May 25th UN Security Council Read More

On May 6, the Federal Parliament in Belgium became the first in the world to pass a resolution that asks Read More

The use of explosive weapons cause deaths, injuries and suffering for the people of Myanmar. After 3 months of protests, Read More