Resources
Below, materials from INEW members and others document and analyse the impact of explosive weapons and give technical, policy and legal analysis of the problem – and its solutions.
Briefing Note: Protecting Civilians from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
The International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) presents a briefing note on the call to strengthen action to prevent human suffering from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in preparation for the United Nations General Assembly First Committee.
INEW Bulletin #57 – The use of heavy explosive weapons in Lebanon and Israel, Summit of the Future and Advocacy in South Africa
INEW’s latest bulletin with key developments, past and upcoming events, research, policy and advocacy news on explosive weapons issues.
The Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: First Committee Briefing Book 2024
Published ahead of the 2024 UN General Assembly First Committee, this briefing book from Reaching Critical Will highlights a number of critical disarmament topics and suggests how governments can achieve progress on them.
How Can the Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas Promote Safe and Principled Humanitarian Access?
This document provides an overview of HI’s project on advancing the implementation of the Political Declaration’s commitments related to humanitarian access, assistance and cooperation, and in particular the four main issues that it will focus on.
INEW Bulletin #56 – Protection of Civilians Week, INEW Side Event and The Ongoing Humanitarian Disarmament Agenda
INEW’s latest bulletin with key developments, past and upcoming events, research, policy and advocacy news on explosive weapons issues.
Explosive Weapons Pose Threats to Cultural Heritage: States Have a Tool to Protect It
The harm that explosive weapons cause to cultural heritage fits into the Declaration’s framework of direct and indirect effects to civilian objects and civilians. The Declaration does more than provide a framework for assessing how explosive weapons cause harm to cultural heritage. Its preventive and remedial measures also provide a means for addressing it.
INEW Bulletin #55 – New Protection of Civilians Report, EWIPA Conference in Oslo and Abuja Workshop
INEW’s latest bulletin with key developments, past and upcoming events, research, policy and advocacy news on explosive weapons issues.
2024 Statement by members of the NGO Working Group on the Protection of Civilians
This year marks both the 25th anniversary of the UN Security Council’s adoption of the protection of civilians (POC) in armed conflict agenda, and the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. As NGOs working in conflict zones around the world, while we seek to strengthen rules and mechanisms to prevent and address civilian harm in armed conflict, the scale of harm and humanitarian need is now far outpacing our ability to respond.
Briefing Note: Protecting Civilians from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
The International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) presents a briefing note on the call to strengthen action to prevent human suffering from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in preparation for the 2024 Protection of Civilians debate.
Explosive Weapons and the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda
This policy note from Watchlist aims to highlight the impact of explosive weapons on children through the lens
of the UN’s CAAC agenda. It is not meant to provide an exhaustive examination of all areas in which explosive weapons affect children’s experiences in conflict.
EWIPA Declaration Report, Vol. 1, No. 1
Read Reaching Critical Will’s reporting on both meetings in the EWIPA Declaration Report.
Statement for Session 3 at the first international follow-up conference in Oslo
Statement for session 3 on on assisting conflict affected communities delivered by Mimidoo Achakpa on behalf of International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) at the first international follow-up conference to the adoption of the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, Oslo, 23 April 2024.