Northwest Syria: Government Uses Cluster Munitions
Syrian, Russia Forces Also Use Incendiary Weapons
Incendiary weapons cause extremely painful and cruel burn injuries that are difficult to treat. They also start fires that can destroy civilian objects and infrastructure. Incendiary weapons have been used at great civilian cost in conflicts such as the one raging in Syria, where incendiary weapons are used in populated areas. More than 110 nations are party to the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons. Human Rights Watch urges that the incendiary weapons protocol be reviewed and strengthened by banning the use of all incendiary weapons in civilian areas and by broadening the definition in the protocol to cover white phosphorus.
November 6, 2023
November 5, 2023
Syrian, Russia Forces Also Use Incendiary Weapons
The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons and the Limits of International Law
International Norms Ignored as Civilians Suffer
US Authorities’ Failure to Take Adequate Precautions
Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher
Countries Providing Weapons Risk Complicity in Grave Abuses
Syrian, Russia Forces Also Use Incendiary Weapons
Use in Populated Areas Poses Grave Risks to Civilians
Testimony on the subtheme of "Disarmament and Non-Proliferation" by Kanae Doi, Human Rights Watch on 22 February 2023
Delivered by Susan Aboeid, Associate
Stronger Law Needed to Govern Weapon Causing Horrific Burns