In this letter, NRC and 29 organisations call on the United States Congress to speak out unequivocally on the humanitarian consequences for Yemen if plans to designate Ansar Allah as a terrorist...
Between May and September 2020 nearly 300.000 acres of land were burned during military campaigns taking place in Iraqi Kurdistan. Shelling and bombing resulted in bushfires and caused the...
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Introduction Across conflict-affected areas, stories of affected infrastructure, water resource challenges, deforestation, and oil pollution, backed by satellite imagery, open source investigations,...
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Introduction The past decade has seen a significant and disturbing shift towards large-scale urban combat across multiple conflicts where heavy use of explosive weapons such as aircraft bombs,...
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It is still not safe for refugees to return to Syria. Just ask those who have done so. That's what researchers did for a report published today about the millions of Syrian refugees stuck in limbo in...
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PAX congratulates World Food Programme (WFP) with the Nobel Peace Prize 2020. According to the Nobel Committee, the WFP not only contributes to the global fight against hunger, but also to stability...
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The use of heavy explosive weapons in the cities of Ganja and Stepanakert, and other towns and populated areas in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is killing and injuring civilians, and destroying vital...
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The Kuron Peace Village in South Sudan has been badly damaged by flooding. Peace Village employee Prisca Wani says, “The floods have been disastrous. Everything we worked for for sixteen years was...
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Deadly drones increasingly deployed in conflicts, more control is needed 23-09-2020 The rapidly growing use of deadly drones is profoundly shaping state and armed groups’ capacities to wage war. It...
22 September 2020 – States should help pave the way towards credible accountability and redress for the people of Yemen by renewing and strengthening international investigations into war crimes,...
South Sudan is one of the countries most vulnerable to the negative impacts of the corona crisis, a situation compounded by years of fighting. That is why a number of Christain-based organizations...
Over the past days devastating fires burnt down the Moria Registration and Identification Center and surrounding areas, the EU Hotspot on the Greek island Lesvos. The fires have left thousands of...
Hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in the Hasakah governorate in northeast Syria have been scorched by fires, according to new satellite analysis conducted by PAX. A substantial number of the...
Civilian harm tracking, analysis and response The Protection of Civilians program seeks to make security actors more effective and accountable when undertaking activities to protect civilians. As...
A river of toxic waste flows through Syria Rivers of crude oil and oil waste are flowing through northeast Syria, with no solution in sight for the thousands of people affected by the pollution. A...
A young woman from al-Anbar who escaped ISIS and survived sexual assault; a woman from Mosul who confronted the violations she faced after her husband was killed and she was taken to a refugee camp...
People suffer from conflicts even after the fighting is over. Toxic pollutants released in the fighting can have devastating and long-term effects. Conflict-related environmental damage can affect...
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In the more than 20 years of consideration and prioritization of the protection of civilians in armed conflict by the UN Security Council, significant progress has been made in building an...
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I. SUMMARY OF PROGRESS 1. Program Overview This report reflects upon the first reporting period for the program, “Amplifying voices for the Protection of Civilians: Improving standards and...
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PAX and more than 190 organizations have called upon the United Nations Security Council to help realize a global ceasefire in order to combat the coronavirus. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...