State representatives of 23 States from Latin America and the Caribbean met 5-6 December in in Santiago, Chile, for a two-day regional meeting aimed at better protecting civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
Last week, 93 States parties, 11 observer states, UN-Institutions, International Organisations and the big range of active members of ICBL, such as HI, exchanged at the yearly meeting of states parties about successes and challenges concerning the implementation of the Ottawa Convention.
From 11 to 13 November, HI attended the Paris Peace Forum to call for States to join the political process against the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
More and more development and humanitarian actors are now using the Washington Group Questions (WGQ) to collect data on persons with disabilities. The report ‘Disability Data Collection: A summary review of the use of the Washington Group Questions by development and humanitarian actors’ presented at the 2018 World Humanitarian Forum on 22 October by Humanity […]
Disarmament campaigners have convened in New York (NY), USA, where they have shared their passion and wisdom on humanitarian disarmament.
Targeting policies, weaponeering, information gathering and military decision making process but also victim assistance among the topics discussed in Geneva during the dialogue on Explosive Weapons In Populated Areas (EWIPA).
From 3 to 5 September, the state parties to the convention on cluster munitions met in Geneva at their yearly conference, where progress and challenges are discussed.
On 10 July 2018 in New York City, Humanity & Inclusion, together with the governments of Luxembourg and Belgium held a side event at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, that is the annual conference to take stock of progress towards reaching the SDGs.
On 20 June, Humanity & Inclusion (HI) co-organised a side event looking at how humanitarian actors can identify new and inclusive approaches to address the situation of persons with disabilities in crisis context.