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Articles by Simon Bagshaw
Collecting and Sharing Data on Explosive Weapons Use
This article was first published in ‘Fragments: Explosive Weapons Monitor Quarterly‘ by The Explosive Weapons Monitor – a research initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), of which AOAV is a founding member.
Time to Come Clean: The Canadian Armed Forces and Protection of Civilians
The United States Department of Defense’s (DOD) Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan (CHMR-AP), released in August, ambitiously attempts to reform efforts to prevent, mitigate, and respond to civilian harm in U.S. military operations. Sec. of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III mandated the CHMR-AP in January 2022.
Protecting Civilians from Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: A New Political Declaration
On June 17, states gathered at the United Nations (U.N.) in Geneva to discuss the final draft of a potentially ground-breaking political declaration that sets new and express standards for the protection of civilians from the use of bombs, rockets, artillery and other explosive weapons in populated areas during armed conflict. The declaration comes not a moment too soon.
Implementing the Future Declaration on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: Informing Changes to Military Policy and Practice
Practical steps that States and their military forces should take to ensure the effective implementation of a future declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas are the focus of a new policy brief released today by Article 36.
Civilian Casualties in U.S. Air Wars: A Wake-up Call for Canada and its Future Use of Armed Drones?
Last month’s New York Times report that the American air wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan have been plagued by flawed intelligence, poor targeting, and thousands of civilian deaths is a further reminder of the fallibility of existing processes for anticipating and mitigating harm to civilians in U.S. military operations.
Time to Move Beyond the Rhetoric of Protecting Civilians in Conflict
In his annual protection report to the United Nations Security Council, released this month, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a clear call to parties to conflict and States: move beyond the rhetoric and make the protection of civilians a reality for the millions of people affected by armed conflict. And with good cause.
UN Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: An Unequivocal Call for Respect for the Law
The United Nations (UN) yesterday released the Secretary-General’s annual report to the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. It is an unequivocal call for parties to conflict to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law in military operations. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Security Council’s adoption of the protection of civilians as a thematic item on its agenda. Much has been achieved in that time.
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