Documents from the political declaration process on explosive weapons in populated areas
First consultation (November 2019)
Second consultation (February 2020)
Third consultation (2020)
Fourth consultation (March 2021)
Fifth consultation (April 2022)
Sixth consultation (June 2022)
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SIXTH CONSULTATION (JUNE 2022)
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FIFTH CONSULTATION (APRIL 2022)
Responses to the second revised draft declaration
Center for Civilians in Conflict
Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FOURTH CONSULTATION (MARCH 2021)
Responses to the revised draft declaration
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Addendum
Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
Conflict and Environment Observatory
International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE THIRD CONSULTATION (THROUGHOUT 2020)
Responses to the draft declaration
France and other NATO states
France
Germany
Japan
Malaysia
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA)
PAX
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Working papers
Rejecting calls to address only the "indiscriminate use" of explosive weapons in populated areas
Submitted by Article 36
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SECOND CONSULTATION
Working papers
Working Paper on explosive weapons in populated areas: Key elements for a political declaration
Submitted by Mexico and Chile
Written submission
Submitted by Portugal
Written submission
Submitted by Slovenia
Written submission
Submitted by the United States
Analysis of the draft elements of a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
Submitted by Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic of the Harvard Law School
OCHA comments on the elements paper
Submitted by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Comments by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the elements paper
Submitted by the ICRC
Principles and rules of international humanitarian law applicable to the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
Submitted by the ICRC
Explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas: Scope of the issue
Submitted by the ICRC
Written submission on data on explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas
Submitted by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)
Written submission on the reverberating effects of explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas
Submitted by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)
Key points on “Elements of a political declaration” on EWIPA
Submitted by International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW)
A persistent danger: Unexploded ordnance in populated areas
Submitted by Humanity & Inclusion, Norwegian People's Aid and MAG
WILPF comments on the draft elements paper
Submitted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Psychological and psychosocial impact of explosive weapons
Submitted by Humanity & Inclusion
Written submission on the rights of persons with disabilities for political declaration on explosive weapons
Submitted by Humanity & Inclusion
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FIRST CONSULTATION
Programme and annotated agenda
Working papers
Australian views on scope and content of a political declaration, 15 November 2019
Submitted by Australia
EWIPA - Political declaration: Key principles
Submitted by France, Germany, and United Kingdom
Elements for a political declaration
Submitted by Austria
ICRC views on elements for a political declaration to address civilian harm from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA), November 2019
Submitted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
A commitment to civilians: Precedent for a political declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas, November 2019
Human Rights Watch and International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Programme at Harvard Law School
France and the protection of civilians during military operations in urban areas
Submitted by France
Draft: Practical measures to strengthen the protection of civilians during military operations in armed conflict, 13 November 2019
Contributing states: Germany, United Kingdom, and United States.
Recommendations for a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas, January 2020
Submitted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom