Protect civilians against armed violence
On Tuesday 9 August, when Real Madrid plays Sevilla FC in the UEFA Super Cup in the Norwegian city of Trondheim, the UEFA Foundation for Children will join Handicap International in condemning the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in recent and current conflicts worldwide.
On 16 June, the non-governmental organisation PAX published its 7th report on investment in the production of cluster munitions. On this occasion, we asked A. Rave to highlight the issues at stakes.
Today, the NGO PAX publishes the seventh edition of its report “Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions: A shared responsibility”.
Handicap International appelle la France, qui organise le 10 juin à New York un débat sur la protection des civils, à aborder le problème de l’utilisation des armes explosives en zones peuplées. Cette pratique, largement utilisée dans les conflits actuels, tue et blesse en grande majorité des civils.
On 11th of May, Handicap International will host a workshop in Sarajevo with civil society experts and survivors, to feed the work of the States drafting a Political Declaration on preventing harm from explosive weapons in populated areas.
Handicap International is launching a campaign to demand all actors to protect civilians in conflicts and to stop the use of explosive weapons in populated area.
From Syria to Yemen, Afghanistan, Colombia, Myanmar and Tunisia, the use of banned explosive weapons increased significantly in 2014 and 2015 amidst general indifference.
The first ban on a conventional weapon in the history of disarmament, the Ottawa mine ban treaty entered into force on 1 March 1999.
Handicap International’s teams, working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations in more than 60 countries and territories, are confronted on a daily basis to the human cost of explosive weapons.