“They Burn Through Everything”
The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons and the Limits of International Law
Incendiary Weapons
Incendiary weapons cause extremely painful and cruel burn injuries that are difficult to treat. They also start fires that can destroy civilian objects and infrastructure. Incendiary weapons have been used at great civilian cost in conflicts such as the one raging in Syria, where incendiary weapons are used in populated areas. More than 110 nations are party to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons. Human Rights Watch urges that the incendiary weapons protocol be reviewed and strengthened by banning the use of all incendiary weapons in civilian areas and by broadening the definition in the protocol to cover white phosphorus.
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Japan Parliament Inquiry on "Building a New International Order – War, Peace, and Solution in the 21st Century"
Testimony on the subtheme of "Disarmament and Non-Proliferation" by Kanae Doi, Human Rights Watch on 22 February 2023
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Joint Civil Society Statement on Incendiary Weapons to the CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties
Delivered by Susan Aboeid, Associate
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Protect Civilians from Incendiary Weapons
Stronger Law Needed to Govern Weapon Causing Horrific Burns
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Joint Civil Society Statement on Incendiary Weapons
UNGA First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, Delivered by Bonnie Docherty
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General Statement to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Sixth Review Conference
Delivered by Gerry Simpson, Associate Director, Crisis and Conflict Division
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Joint Civil Society Statement on Protocol III to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Sixth Review Conference
Written by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher. Delivered by Lode Dewaegheneire, Mines Action Canada
