How do incendiary weapons work? What damage do they cause? Why does Protocol III to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) need to be amended?

How do incendiary weapons work? What damage do they cause? Why does Protocol III to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) need to be amended?

How do cluster munitions work? What threats do they pose? What does the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions prohibit and require? What needs to happen now?

What are autonomous weapons systems? What particular concerns do they raise? Why is international law with prohibitions and regulations urgently needed?

Fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere has put Sudan’s population at risk. In this Twitter Space, experts discuss the struggles facing Sudanese people, and the urgent need for international response to address the cyclical violence in the country.

Antipersonnel landmines are indiscriminate weapons that kill and injure people long after conflicts end.

Countries should endorse and implement a new political declaration protecting civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

Following an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the Russia-Ukraine war, Louis Charbonneau and Rachel Denber discuss HRW’s investigation into war crimes and human rights abuses.

Extrajudicial Executions, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture in Anti-Guerrilla Operation

A video showing the crater where a Houthi missile struck in Marib city on March 16, 2021, and damage to surrounding vehicles and buildings.