Sky knows that several figures featured in The Wargame have current commercial links to the defence sector. AOAV asks why those interests remain absent from their biographies.

he UN Secretary-General has drawn on Action on Armed Violence data in a new General Assembly report, citing AOAV figures on global IED incidents, civilian casualties and the growing use of drones.

The Pentagon has acknowledged that US strikes in Yemen killed at least 153 civilians in three attacks in 2025, exposing the scale of civilian harm during Washington’s campaign against the Houthis.

An investigation into UK arms exports to Bangladesh finds no conclusive evidence that British equipment was used during the country’s deadly 2024 uprising, but identifies troubling questions over helicopter components, unlimited-value licences, and the UK’s continued support for a government it had publicly criticised on human rights grounds.

More than 50 UK civil society organisations – including AOAV – have written to the Prime Minister urging the Government to rebalance its approach to security by investing in diplomacy, development and climate action alongside defence, warning that an increasing focus on militarisation risks making the world less, not more, secure.

Action on Armed Violence analysis found that CEOs of the UK’s largest defence companies earned an average of £5.2 million in 2024, with executive pay rising by £1.53 million on average over the past decade and far outpacing both median UK earnings and wider FTSE 100 remuneration levels amid growing military spending.

Action on Armed Violence has joined a coalition of UK organisations in endorsing a statement urging universities to reject the Defence Universities Alliance, warning that closer ties between higher education and the defence sector risk undermining academic independence and accelerating the militarisation of campuses.

A new UN report warns that civilians continue to bear the overwhelming burden of modern warfare, with explosive weapons in populated areas remaining a leading cause of death, injury and destruction, drawing on AOAV data to illustrate the scale of the crisis.

A newly released Ministry of Defence review has revealed that the UK military lacks a formal system for tracking civilian harm caused by its operations, despite years of warnings from rights groups and conflict monitors. The findings echo longstanding concerns raised by AOAV and others over the opacity of British military casualty assessments and the absence of transparent accountability mechanisms.

South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung has reignited scrutiny of Israeli military conduct by highlighting alleged abuses, with Action on Armed Violence arguing the incident reflects a longstanding pattern of weak accountability in Israeli investigations.

When investigations exist to shield institutions rather than scrutinise them, impunity becomes policy

A tribunal has found that the Ministry of Defence’s refusal to publish how it assesses civilian deaths from British airstrikes risks undermining public confidence, even as it declined to force disclosure on national-security grounds.