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 workshop at Birkbeck, University of London, organised by the University of Essex and Action on Armed Violence, examined the gendered dimensions of explosive violence focusing on issues such as targeted attacks, female empowerment, and the role of arms transfers, highlighting the need for gender-sensitive policies and robust data collection to address these challenges.

This briefing paper identifies key MPs in the 2024 UK Parliament who are likely to support conflict resolution, human rights, and disarmament based on their backgrounds, affiliations, and past actions

The 2024 UK Parliament introduces several MPs with diverse backgrounds in humanitarian aid, conflict resolution, and human rights advocacy, who are expected to champion progressive foreign policies and global humanitarian efforts

In the DSEI the reminder of what weapons can do – shatter families, destroy towns, kill children – was absent. We see its final product in the ruins of Gaza and Homs and Mariupol. But at the moment of sale, there are no children pleading for peace. And this, in the end, is how the arms trade is able to live with itself.