International Negotiations to Reduce Civilian Impacts of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Armed conflicts are increasingly fought in urban areas and often with weapons designed for use in open battlefields, not cities. As witnessed in places like Mosul, Aleppo, Raqqa, Tripoli, and more recently in Kharkiv and Mariupol, when explosive weapons are used in populated areas, they cause death and injuries to civilians. They also disrupt essential…