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Patterns of Harm: Five years of AOAV explosive violence data (2011 – 2015)
5 years of data starkly reveals harm wrought by explosive violence in civilians around the world.
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Unacceptable Harm: AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor 2015
Global explosive violence harm to civilians rose for the fourth year running, up over 50% since 2011.
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US Department of Defence spend on guns in ‘War on Terror’ revealed
in 14 years of the 'War on Terror' the US DoD issued over $40 billion worth of contracts on guns and ammo and more than 1.4 million guns sent to arm Iraq and Afghanistan forces.
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Wide-Area Impact – Investigating the wide-area effect of explosive weapons
This report analyses the impact of air-dropped bombs in Yemen, mortar attacks on the Syrian-Jordanian border and multiple-rocket attacks in Ukraine.
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2015 saw record number of countries hit by suicide bombers
Chad, Cameroon and France among countries impacted by the rise of suicide bomb attacks around the world.
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Explosive Weapons and the Protection of Civilians
A briefing paper by the International Network on Explosive Weapons ahead of the UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians, 19 January 2016.
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State of Crisis: Explosive Weapons in Yemen
A joint publication by AOAV and UN OCHA explores the impact of explosive weapons on civilians in Yemen in 2015.
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US government supply of guns
24 AugUS government sent over 1.4 million guns to Iraq and Afghanistan
After submitting to the DoD our findings in March 2016, AOAV provided the DoD the opportunity to submit a list of the small arms they believe have been supplied through the US to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
14 Jan76 states acknowledge harm caused by explosive weapons in populated areas
The impact of explosive weapons is devastating. Here is a summary of the position against the use of explosive weapons by over three dozen states.
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Suicide bombers
15 DecWill 2017 see even more suicide bombings? Sadly, probably yes.
If history can help us look towards the future, 2016 does not bode well for suicide attacks when it comes to 2017.
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IED news
3 Mar‘Tracking IED harm’ – Monitoring Improvised Explosive Device use
AOAV's report considers 18 organisations collecting data on IED harm, highlighting limitations and good practice examples, with a case study on UNAMA in Afghanistan.
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Guns
6 JanIain Overton speaking on Japan’s gun culture on BBC World Services’ My Perfect Country
Fi Glover, Henrietta Moore and Martha Lane For and Iain Overton, the Executive Director of Action on Armed Violence, question whether Japans' laws could work in other countries.
Latest Explosive Violence Monitor updates
Since 2011, AOAV has been recording the global harm wrought by explosive weapons on civilians. Through monitoring English language media reports, we demonstrate consistent patterns of harm arising from the use of explosive violence, in particular their effects on civilian populations. These reports are issued annually with monthly updates.
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Latest Manufactured Explosive Weapons news
From cluster munitions to Grad rockets, the use of manufactured explosive weapons by states (and increasingly non-state actors) has had devastating impacts on civilians the world over. When planes drop bombs or artillery lets loose on populated areas, the vast majority of those killed and injured will invariably be civilians. AOAV seeks to catalogue the harm such use of force brings, and offers insight into how states can reduce the impact of such weapon use.
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Latest Improvised Explosive Device (IED) news
Over 50% of civilians killed or injured by explosive weapons in recent years have been the victims of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Almost exclusively used by non-state actors such as ISIS or the Taliban, IEDs have devastating impact on the lives of civilians the world over. From car bombs to suicide vests, road-side IEDS to booby-traps, AOAV seeks to identify the drivers and consequences of the use of such pernicious weapons.
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