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Explosive violence in 2020
The latest data from Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) on the global impact from explosive weapons.
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Childhood Under Attack: A Timeline of Explosive Weapon Harm
Globally, between 2011 and 2020, at least 17,035 children were reported in English language media as having been killed and injured by explosive violence.
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UK approves military exports to 80% of countries on own restricted list
Of the 73 destinations that the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) lists as “subject to arms embargo, trade sanctions and other trade restrictions”, 58 have had approval to receive goods that fall under ‘military use exports’ between January 2015 and June 2020.
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For All Was Lost: comparing UK & US military deaths in the War on Terror
IEDs were the primary cause of death for both UK and US militaries in the ‘War on Terror’. As a proportion of total force size, a UK soldier was twenty per cent more likely to be killed by an IED than their US counterpart.
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IEDs: past, present and future
In the last decade 171,732 people were harmed by IEDs - some 48% of all people killed or injured by explosive weapons globally. This paper sets out to give historic and current context to the IED's spread.
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Towards a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas
AOAV examines the path towards a political declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas
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‘Blast Injury’: a report on the reverberating health impacts from the use of explosive weapons
The summary and key findings from AOAV's latest report, Blast injury: the reverberating health consequences from the use of explosive weapons
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‘The Broken Land’: a review of the environmental impact of explosive weapons
AOAV's overview and an introduction to The Broken Land: the environmental consequences of explosive weapon use.
Latest on Armed Violence
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Children and explosive violence harm
4 OctThe impact of explosive violence on children in Yemen
Between 2015 and 2020, at least 3,153 children have died in Yemen and 5,660 children have been injured. This report looks at the impact of explosive violence on children in a country beset by years of war.
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War on Terror
3 DecWhy AOAV compared US and UK soldiers deaths in the War on Terror
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were defined by Improvised Explosive Devices. These were the primary cause of death for both UK and US militaries, accounting for between half (UK) and two-thirds (US) of combat fatalities.
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British militarism examined
23 SepThe UK government’s Overseas Operations Bill – what it means
New legislation proposed to protect UK soldiers from 'vexatious' legal claims has been widely criticised for dismantling the legal rights for victims of war crimes and actually harming the soldiers it claims to protect.
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Conflict reporting
21 JanWhy Mexico was the most dangerous place to be a journalist in the world in 2020
For Mexican journalists, 2020 was yet another hard reminder that they live in the most dangerous place on earth doing the job that they do. This report by an academic whose PhD looked at the violence against Mexican journalists there explains why such violence against journalists is so widespread and what might be done about it.
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Nutrition and conflict
13 JanThe impact of explosive violence on child nutrition
Food is a weapon of war and, all too often, its victims are children. Children, more than any other age group, are harmed by the effects of malnutrition, suffering from stunted growth, wasting and in the most acute cases, death - all too often linked to explosive violence.
AOAV: all our reports
This is a list of all reports published by Action on Armed Violence
State Violence examined
This category hosts investigations into militaries and militarism. From how the UK became one of the world’s leading arms exporters, to why we continue to export to nations with serious human rights concerns, to investigations into the UK’s armed forces, it seeks to challenge the contradictions and failures of British militarism, and the failure of other nations militaries, today.
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Children and explosive violence
The impact of explosive violence on children is devastating and commonplace. This section examines the short- and long-term effects of explosive weapon use on children around the world.
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Gender and explosive violence
We know that when explosive weapons are used in populated areas over 90% of those killed or injured will be civilians. What is less known is the impact on men and women from such violence. AOAV here examines explosive violence in its different forms, looking especially at its gendered impact on communities
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Environment and explosive violence
AOAV examines the reverberating environmental impacts from the use of explosive weapons.
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Health and explosive violence
AOAV examines the reverberating impacts from the use of explosive weapons.
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Explosive Violence Monthly Reports
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.
