In towns and cities across the world in 2024, civilians continued to experience alarming levels of harm from the use of explosive weapons.
As civilian deaths caused by the use of explosive weapons remained alarmingly high in Palestine, they increased elsewhere across the globe in 2024. Meanwhile, civilian access to healthcare, education and humanitarian aid was impeded with increased frequency by explosive weapons use across contexts such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen.
This report takes stock of harm to civilians from the use of explosive weapons across the globe in 2024 and identifies state and non-state actors reportedly responsible for this use. The report finds that harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure remains alarmingly high, with widespread and severe consequences on civilians across the world. It therefore remains a critical humanitarian priority to bring the Political Declaration into effect and for states to commit to limit the use of explosive weapons in populated areas to prevent and reduce harm to civilians.
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