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The past year underscored the need to have and to ensure respect for strong and effective humanitarian disarmament law. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, cluster munitions, antipersonnel landmines, and explosive weapons with wide area effects have been used in populated areas, mostly by Russia.
THIS is the horror moment Russia appeared to fire a hail of flesh-melting thermite bombs on a Ukrainian-held town.The skies above Mar’inka were chil
The Russian-Syrian coalition committed war crimes during a month-long aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo in September and October 2016. Using that amount of firepower in an urban area with tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of civilians predictably killed hundreds of civilians.
Adopting a robust response to the shortcomings of international law on incendiary weapons is a humanitarian imperative. These weapons are among the cruelest in modern warfare, inflicting excruciating burns and lifelong suffering. In November 2022, countries have an opportunity to build on the momentum of last year’s Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review Conference and strengthen their calls for action to address the human costs of incendiary weapons.
Countries concerned by the severe injuries caused by incendiary weapons should strengthen their calls for action to address the human costs, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. States party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) should revisit the issue when they convene for their annual meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, from November 16 to 18, 2022.