Banning cluster munitions [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2009 In 2003, in the immediate aftermath of the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces, Dr Jean-Baptiste Richardier, Director-General, Handicap International, witnessed first-hand what cluster munitions can do to a person. He was taken to one of the main hospitals in Baghdad where more than 300 Iraqi victims of these weapons were lying in the basement.
Cumberland S.
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Trauma-related infections due to cluster munitions
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2013 Trauma-related infections remain a concerning and potentially avoidable complication of conflict-related injuries. During the Israeli conflict in South Lebanon, more than four million sub-munitions were dropped over South Lebanese soil. In this study, we
Youssef Fares +4 more
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Cluster munitions: military use and civilian health hazards. [PDF]
Bull World Health Organ, 2018 Fares J, Fares Y.
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‘Nowhere and no one is safe’: spatial analysis of damage to critical civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli military campaign, 7 October to 22 November 2023 [PDF]
Conflict and HealthBackground Since the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military has launched an assault in the Gaza Strip, which included over 12,000 targets struck and over 25,000 tons of incendiary munitions used by 2 November 2023. The objectives
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Population trends related to injury from explosive munitions in Lao PDR (1964–2008): a retrospective analysis [PDF]
Conflict and Health, 2018 Background The presence of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) including unexploded ordnance (UXO) poses a serious public health risk for populations living in conflict-affected and contaminated areas. Current analysis, however, provides only a
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Review on Detection and Identification Positioning Technology of Surface Unexploded Submunitions [PDF]
Hangkong bingqi, 2023 Long-range multi-purpose cluster munitions with reconnaissance, identification, strike and evaluation functions are widely used, and a large number of unexploded submunitions will be generated on the surface, which will greatly hinder the battlefield ...
Chen Dong, Yan Xiaowei, Shi Shengbin
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Defence Technology, 2023 In the internet of battlefield things, ammunition is becoming networked and intelligent, which depends on location information. Therefore, this paper focuses on the self-organized network collaborative localization of munitions with an aerial three ...
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Derived International Responsibility Resulted from Aid or Assistance with Emphasis on Case of Use of Cluster Munitions in Yemen [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2016 The Arab coalition’s military intervention in Yemen crisis (2015) which is led by Saudi Arabia can be studied through different aspects in the international law’s system.
sattar azizi, Siamak Karimi
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Environmental protection during armed conflicts [PDF]
Војно дело, 2015 Environment is a term which is ever more often used in the media, and in recent years also in everyday communication of ordinary people. However, there is a small number of those who are aware of the need for environmental protection even in peacetime ...
Jovanović Mirko R.
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Victim Assistance under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: An Analysis
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020 The article analyses the provision of victim assistance present under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by examining the nature and scope of positive obligation on States Parties (affected states, user states and other states) to ...
Nidhi Singh
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