Explosive Weapons Devastating for Civilians
International Action Needed to Curtail Deaths, Long-Term Harm in Populated Areas
![A civilian looks at a destroyed home in Aleppo, Syria, January 3, 2013. © 2013 AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eme_syria_airsrike_main.jpg?itok=jLpUTEMk)
New Effort to Curb Explosive Weapons
A Call for International Action to Protect Civilians in Conflicts
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A Commitment to Civilians
Precedent for a Political Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Syria-Russia Attack on Refuge an Apparent War Crime
500,000 People Displaced in Recent Hostilities Stuck at Turkish Border
![Residents rescue injured child after strike on the displacement center in Hass on August 16, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_syria_russia_attack.jpg?itok=XM9ifzsf)
A Step Toward Protecting Civilians from Bombing and Shelling
![Two men carry replacement windows through a school in eastern Ukraine. The old windows were blown out when the school was hit by an explosive weapon](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909crd_ukriaine_school.jpg?itok=eejewReK)
Statement to the Vienna Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare
Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director, Arms Division
Myanmar: Civilians Caught in Shan State Fighting
Improve Civilian Protection, Access to Aid
![Soldiers walk over the Goktwin bridge, damaged by an explosion, in Nawnghkio, northern Shan State, Myanmar, August 15, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909asia_myanmar_shan.jpg?itok=ofLTeiA-)
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arabs Not Allowed Home
Lift Unlawful Restrictions Blocking Thousands
![A destroyed home near Ashqala al-Sagheer village in Hamdaniya, July 2019. Hasansham camp is in the background. © 2019 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909mena_iraq_hasansham_camp.jpg?itok=X5RrE2eu)
Yemen: Coalition Warships Attack Fishing Boats
47 Yemeni Fishermen Killed, Dozens Detained Since 2018
![Fishermen rest on their boats in Hodeida, Yemen before going out to sea, September 2018. Since 2018, Saudi-led coalition naval forces have attacked fishing boats in the Red Sea, killing at least 47 Yemeni fishermen. © 2018 Hani Mohammed/AP Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908eme_hodeida_yemen_port_main.jpg?itok=-286i77C)
Colombia/Venezuela: Attacks on Civilians in Border Area
Killings, Disappearances, Recruitment of Children as Soldiers Go Unpunished
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UK: Arms Sales to Saudis Suspended After Landmark Ruling
Court Holds Government Failed to Consider Violations in Yemen
![Destruction at the location of an air strike at Radfan Ceramics Factory, west of Sanaa, Yemen, on September 23, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/yemen_factory_airstrike_10.jpg?itok=uBoJQhIy)
Russia/Syria: Flurry of Prohibited Weapons Attacks
International Norms Ignored as Civilians Suffer
![A man inspects the destruction left by overnight air strikes targeting residential areas at Kafr Nabl in the rebel-held Idlib Province, Syria, May 20 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905mena_syria_idlib_0.jpg?itok=knU3nZcH)
Yemen: Warehouse Blast Kills Schoolchildren
Houthis Stored Volatile Material in Residential Area
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UK’s twisted logic: Selling arms in name of peace in Yemen
Jeremy Hunt’s justifications for selling arms to Saudi Arabia do not add up
![The house of Judge Yahya Muhammad Rubaid in Sanaa was hit by a coalition airstrike on January 25, 2016, killing the judge and four members of his family. Photograph by Belkis Wille.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201808mena_yemen_photo5.jpg?itok=uw11aB6r)