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March 18, 2018 News Release

Russia Backs Syria in Unlawful Attacks on Eastern Ghouta

UN Should Immediately Deploy Monitors to Prevent Reprisal Executions

People walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
January 18, 2018 News Release

Middle East Conflicts Spur Disastrous New Trends for Region

Smoke billows behind a building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 3, 2017, during clashes between Houthi rebels and supporters of Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. © 2017 Getty Images
November 28, 2017 News Release

UN: ‘Killer Robots’ Talks Fall Short

Many Countries Call for Law to Keep Human Control

As the debate about “killer robots” continues, the threat they pose looms large.
November 23, 2017 Statement

Statement on Incendiary Weapons, CCW Annual Meeting

Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher

November 20, 2017 News Release

Incendiary Weapons: New Use Shows Need for Stronger Law

Address Loopholes to Prevent Civilian Harm

The aftermath of an airstrike using incendiary weapons on Khan Sheykhoun in Idlib Province, April 16 2017.
November 20, 2017 Background Briefing

An Overdue Review: Addressing Incendiary Weapons in the Contemporary Context

Memorandum to Delegates at the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons

October 10, 2017 Statement

Statement on Incendiary Weapons, UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

Delivered by Marta Kosmyna, Associate

June 14, 2017 News Release

Iraq/Syria: Danger From US White Phosphorus

Take All Needed Measures to Minimize Civilian Harm

Photo of smoking and burning white phosphorus streaking to the ground in west Mosul on June 2, 2017.
April 12, 2017 Dispatches

Incendiary Weapons Burn Again in Syria

Recent Attacks on Saraqeb Caught on Video

Screenshot of a video taken in April 2017 in Saraqeb, northwestern Syria, showing the bright trails produced by incendiary weapons.
December 16, 2016 News Release

UN: Key Action on ‘Killer Robots’

International Move Toward Possible Ban

Photo of the Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons at the United Nations in Geneva in December 2016.
December 12, 2016 News Release

Increase in Incendiary Weapon Attacks

Stronger International Restrictions Needed

Fire on building takes caused by an incendiary weapon.
December 12, 2016 Background Briefing

Time to Act against Incendiary Weapons

Memorandum to Delegates at the Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons

Photo of a ZAB-2.5 incendiary submunition from a December 5, 2016 attack on Maarat al-Numan south of Idlib.
December 12, 2016 Statement

Statement on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, CCW Fifth Review Conference ews

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

December 1, 2016 News Release

Russia/Syria: War Crimes in Month of Bombing Aleppo

UN General Assembly Should Organize Emergency Special Session

Ruins of a residential house that was struck in an aerial attack, killing at least 24 civilians, on September 27, 2016.
October 12, 2016 Statement

Statement on Incendiary Weapons, UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director

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