![Israeli forces heavily damaged the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza through their use of explosive weapons in December 2023, leaving the courtyard full of rubble surrounded by crumbling walls.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406arms_ewipa_gaza.jpg?h=1656f6d3&itok=BWj4vZ-c)
![Israeli forces heavily damaged the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza through their use of explosive weapons in December 2023, leaving the courtyard full of rubble surrounded by crumbling walls.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406arms_ewipa_gaza.jpg?h=1656f6d3&itok=BWj4vZ-c)
Statement on Assisting Conflict-Affected Communities to the First International Follow-Up Conference to the Adoption of the Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Arms Adviser
![Civil society gather for a photo at the conclusion of the first international follow-up conference to the adoption of the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas in Oslo on April 23rd, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404arms_oslo_ewipa.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=DtIHVLJG)
Explosive Weapons’ Dire Impact on Cultural Heritage
Compliance with 2022 Political Declaration Would Reduce Harm in Armed Conflict
![A statue stands amidst the ruins of a museum](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404arms_ukraine_statue.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=JHW80awN)
Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime
Governments Should Suspend Arms to Israel, Support ICC Probe
![In the rubble of the Engineers’ Building, Karam al-Sharif, an UNRWA employee, holds one of his 18-month-old twin boys killed in the October 31 Israeli airstrike on the building that killed at least 106 civilians, including 5 of his children and 5 other relatives.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404mena_palestine_gaza_engineers_building_child.jpg?h=a5779a7e&itok=M3zWjhtb)
Drone Attack Collapses Odesa Residential Building
Explosive Weapon Kills 12, Including 5 Children in Ukrainian City
Jordan: Ensure Accountability, Compensation for Syria Strikes
Cross-Border Counter-Smuggling Operations Kill Syrians
![A Jordanian airstrike on January 18 on the town of Orman in the southern governorate of Sweida killed Dima, 5 (left) and Farah, 3, their parents Turki al-Halabi and Faten Abu Shahin, and three other relatives.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/03/202403mena_jordan_syria_airstrikes_1.jpeg?h=1e3e35bb&itok=Njn0a1lP)
Confronting the Rising Civilian Toll from Explosive Weapons
Youth Workshop Explores How Countries Can Reduce and Remedy Harm
![The aftermath of an explosion of an intercepted Russian missile on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 13, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/03/202403eca_ukraine_blast_kyiv.jpg?h=30d4f60f&itok=f4wv2uMH)
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case
Failing to Ensure Basic Services, Aid
![The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/10/202310eca_netherlands_international_court_of_justice.jpg?h=38151220&itok=AfsnmaJ2)
Ukraine: New Findings on Russia’s Devastation of Mariupol
War Crimes Inquiry Needed into Massive Loss of Civilian Life, Infrastructure
![A cyclist walks down a damaged road with destroyed buildings on either side](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/01/202401eca_ukraine_mariupol_cyclist.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=EzSaFiiW)
The Use of Explosive Weapons in Cities Must Stop
![Smoke plumes billow from a fire at a lumber warehouse in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, amid fighting on June 7, 2023. The fighting, eight weeks in at the time, have pitted Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who commands the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/12/202312afr_sudan_khartoum_fighting.jpg?h=aa6c0f32&itok=46Ir3NKf)
Letter to the UK Government Calling for an Immediate Halt to UK Arms Transfers to the Government of Israel
![Airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus fall over the Gaza city port, October 11, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/10/202310mena_palestine_white_phosphorous_artillery_gaza.jpg?h=8aa5fa2d&itok=Sy9D5Bpc)
Gaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion
Evidence Points to Misfired Rocket but Full Investigation Needed
![The extensive fire damage to cars in the parking lot at Al-Ahli hospital appears to have been caused by burning rocket propellant that would have spread to – and ignited – fuel or some other flammable material present on the site, Gaza City, October 18, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/11/202311mena_palestine_al_ahli_hospital_bombing_aftermath.jpg?h=1528363c&itok=bayL101-)
Gaza: Unlawful Israeli Hospital Strikes Worsen Health Crisis
Israel’s Blockade, Bombardment Decimate Healthcare System; Investigate as War Crimes
Ukraine: War’s Toll on Schools, Children’s Future
Damage from Military Use of Schools, Bombing, Shelling, Looting
![The destroyed playground of a kindergarten](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/10/202311eca_ukraine_kupiansk_kindergarten.jpg?h=d51dfca9&itok=SaKJuyI4)