WILPF statement on Section 2 of the second revised draft political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas

WILPF supports the comments on this revised text made by the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), of which WILPF is a member.

We also wanted to suggest the following:

This section only recognises international human rights law (IHRL) briefly and focuses mostly on international humanitarian law (IHL). A new paragraph could be added that specifies that states continue to have obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil human rights in armed conflict, must exercise due diligence when using explosive weapons, and must assess their human rights impacts.