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.

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

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.

The annual open debate on the protection of civilians will be livestreamed this year from UN HQ in New York.

On 25 March, ISS and ENACT are convening a briefing on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas aimed at the discussing the role of African States in the diplomatic process.

CEOBS webinar on 23 March 13:00 CET exploring the environmental impacts of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA)

The third round of consultations are being held online, in the afternoons of 3 to 5 March

This briefing gave an overview of civilian harm resulting from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas looking at a recent case study on the Tigray region in Ethiopia. Ahead of consultations resuming on 3-5 March 2021, it suggested actions that can be taken to address such harm.

The 75th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security began in New York on Read More

Ireland convened an online webinar on 7 September on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Warfare: Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: Issues, Policy and Practice.

ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs side event via Zoom: Friday 12 June, 11am – 12.30am EDT / 5pm – 6:30pm CET Co-sponsored Read More

The second of a series of consultations on the development of a political declaration on explosive weapons