Human Rights Watch: Incendiary Weapons - Recent Developments and Use
November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Incendiary weapons contain different chemical compounds, such as napalm or thermite, that ignite and cause significant human suffering at the time of attack and in the weeks, months, and even years that follow. Protocol III to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), which has 116 states parties, seeks to protect civilians from the use of these weapons. The protocol, however, has two loopholes that have . . .
Incendiary weapons contain different chemical compounds, such as napalm or thermite, that ignite and cause significant human suffering at the time of attack and in the weeks, months, and even years that follow. Protocol III to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), which has 116 states parties, seeks to protect civilians from the use of these weapons. The protocol, however, has two loopholes that have . . .