Explosive Weapons Monitor

📢 Vol. 3, Issue 3 of Fragments: Explosive Weapons Monitor Quarterly is out now. Read here: bit.ly/4uEc0tB

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3/4 Article 36 and Airwars make clear the need for evidence-driven implementation of the #EWIPA Declaration, including restraint and avoidance, weapon-specific restrictions, civilian harm tracking, and learning that translates data into concrete operational and policy change.

📢 1/4 Vol. 3, Issue 2 of Fragments: Explosive Weapons Monitor Quarterly is out now! Read here: bit.ly/4ajmO78

Explosive weapons contributed to food insecurity in at least nine countries and territories in 2024, affecting civilians’ ability to access and produce food, according to @InsecurityInsig. ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

2/2 @InsecurityInsig recorded incidents affecting aid operations and workers in 16 countries and territories - 90% of which occurred in Palestine. ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

1/2 #Explosiveweapons were used in at least 1,631 attacks affecting humanitarian aid operations, aid workers and camps in 2024 - nearly five times more than the previous year. #EWIPA

The use of #explosiveweapons by armed forces of 28 states caused harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure in 30 countries and territories in 2024. #EWIPA ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

2/2 The highest numbers of incidents affecting schools and teachers were recorded by @InsecurityInsig in Ukraine, Palestine and Myanmar. ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

1/2 The use of #explosiveweapons in attacks on education more than doubled in 2024 with at least 861 incidents recorded in 22 countries and territories by @InsecurityInsig. #EWIPA

2/2 About 90% of all incidents affecting health facilities, workers and ambulances were recorded by @InsecurityInsig in Lebanon, Myanmar, Palestine and Ukraine ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024 @eu_echo

1/2 The use of #explosiveweapons in attacks on healthcare increased by 64% in 2024 with incidents recorded in 26 countries and territories by @InsecurityInsig #EWIPA

Almost two-thirds of all civilian deaths globally from explosive weapons in 2024 occurred in Palestine where civilians continued to be killed at a high rate following a year of unprecedented civilian death and injury in 2023. #EWIPA ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

Civilians continued to bear the brunt of bombing and shelling in towns and cities across the globe in 2024. @explosiveweapon's new report finds alarming levels of civilian harm resulting from use of explosive weapons in 2024. See the report here: buff.ly/J6No9qp 📷:OCHA

Civilian deaths caused by the use of #explosiveweapons remained alarmingly high in Palestine and increased in other countries and territories across the globe in 2024, including Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria and Ukraine. #EWIPA ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

2024 data from our partners at @explosiveweapon shows extraordinary increase in civilian harm, destruction of health systems, in #Palestine #Myanmar #Syria #Sudan #Ukraine and beyond. Preventing conflict is key.

The use of #explosiveweapons in attacks on healthcare increased by 64% in 2024 with incidents recorded in 26 countries and territories by @InsecurityInsig. About 90% of all incidents were recorded in Lebanon, Myanmar, Palestine and Ukraine. #EWM2024 ➡️ bit.ly/ewm2024

UNIDIR’s report with @WeaponsMonitor offers practical recommendations to improve the documentation of the severe, widespread harm caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas 📊🛡️ 📘 unidir.org/EWIPA

📢 Bruk av eksplosive våpen mot sivilbefolkning og sivil infrastruktur nådde et alarmerende høyt nivå i 2024, viser siste utgave av Explosive Weapons Monitor. Minst 74 land og områder ble rammet, og rapporten peker på både statlige og ikke-statlige aktører. @explosiveweapon