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https://aoav.org.uk/category/manufactured-explosive-weapons/air-strikes/air-strikes-and-terror-attacks-examined/
Air strikes and terror attacks examined - AOAV
What is the relationship between air strikes and terror attacks? Does one fuel the other? Can air strikes end suicide bombings? This project looks at the...
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https://aoav.org.uk/aoav-governance-and-compliance-documents/
AOAV governance and compliance documents - AOAV
Sep 8, 2025 - AOAV’s governance documents provide the structural backbone of the organisation, setting out the roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities that guide its...
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https://aoav.org.uk/2016/counter-improvised-explosive-devices-c-ied-mapping/
Counter-IED actors: AOAV's global list - AOAV
Apr 17, 2025 - Due to the global rise in Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks, AOAV has set out to map and monitor IED responses, specifically global counter-IED (C-IED)...
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https://aoav.org.uk/reverberating-effects-of-explosive-violence/
Reverberating effects of explosive violence - AOAV
Apr 24, 2019 - Through 2017 and 2018, AOAV conducted in-depth field and desk research on the long-term harm from explosive weapons. Such research covers the reverberating...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/explosive-violence-research/explosive-violence-in-israel/
Explosive violence in Israel - AOAV
AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor, launched in October 2010, uses English-language media reports to capture information on the harm caused by explosive weapons...
explosive violenceisraelaoav
https://aoav.org.uk/manufactured-explosive-weapons/
AOAV's research on manufactured explosive weapons - AOAV
Mar 31, 2021 - Manufactured explosive weapons are those that are commercially-produced, and they range in size and power from hand grenades to massive aircraft bombs.
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/british-militarism/uksf-global-operations/
UK Special Forces Global Operations - AOAV
This category looks at UK Special Forces Operations overseas – operations that are never acknowledged by the UK government but are often ‘leaked’ to the press...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/reverberating-effects/refugee-explosion/
Refugees and violence - AOAV
This category looks at the impact of explosive violence on refugees worldwide. In particular, it highlights AOAV’s report ‘The Refugee Explosion‘ which...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/uk-arms-export-countries/bae-systems-examined/
Who does BAE Systems sell to? - AOAV
This report ‘How BAE Systems helped arm half the world’ examines the UK’s biggest weapons manufacturer and who it sells to
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/british-militarism/media-reporting-of-explosive-violence/reporting-on-the-war-in-ukraine/
Reporting on the war in Ukraine - AOAV
This category focuses on those reporting on the war in Ukraine from 2014, especially examining the psychological and methodological impact of Russian...
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https://aoav.org.uk/2013/global-burden-of-armed-violence/
Infographic: The Global Burden of Armed Violence - AOAV
Oct 29, 2014 - Did you think lethal violence only affected war zones? Think again.
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https://aoav.org.uk/2019/monitorando-a-violencia-explosiva-em-2018/
Censo de Violência Explosiva em 2018 - AOAV
Dec 11, 2020 - Resultados Principais Resumo Quando foram usadas armas explosivas em áreas povoadas, 90% das pessoas mortas e feridas eram civis. Isso se compara a 20% em...
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https://aoav.org.uk/2014/explosive-violence-monitor-2013/
Explosive Violence Monitor: 2013 - AOAV
Apr 25, 2024 - In 2013, AOAV recorded 37,809 deaths and injuries as a result of the use of explosive weapons around the world. Civilians continued to suffer...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/manufactured-explosive-weapons/weapons-explained/anatomies-of-explosive-weapons-attacks/an-anatomy-of-a-grenade-attack/
An Anatomy of a Grenade Attack - AOAV
This page reviews the impact – direct and indirect – of that most portable of explosive weapons: the grenade
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/explosive-violence-research/afghanistan/
Explosive violence in Afghanistan - AOAV
AOAV’s Explosive Violence Monitor, launched in October 2010, uses English-language media reports to capture information on the harm caused by explosive weapons...
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https://aoav.org.uk/reverberating-effects-of-explosive-violence/syria/
Investigating the reverberating harm from the use of explosive weapons in Syria - AOAV
Feb 7, 2019 - Over 2018 and 2019, AOAV conducted in-depth research into the long-term harm from eight years of explosive weapon use across Syria. The research covers...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/explosive-violence-research/state-actors/russian-armed-forces/
Explosive violence by the Russian armed forces - AOAV
Over the past decade (2014-2023), AOAV has recorded 4,737 incidents of explosive weapons use attributed to Russia. The Russian armed forces are the reported...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/wide-area-effects-report/air-dropped-bombs-in-yemen/
An Anatomy of an Air Strike - AOAV
These reports provide evidence and case studies of the devastating impact of air-dropped bombs on civilians. It shows how devastating weapons with wide area...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/uk-arms-export-countries/arms-trade-treaty-examined/
Arms Trade Treaty examined - AOAV
This is a review of the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and its impact on peace and security
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https://aoav.org.uk/acting-on-weapons/key-work/
What do we do? - AOAV
Sep 30, 2025 - explosive weapons in populated areas
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https://aoav.org.uk/2019/explosive-violence-monitor-2018/
Explosive Violence Monitor: 2018 - AOAV
Apr 18, 2024 - In 2018, AOAV recorded 32,110 deaths and injuries as a result of the use of explosive weapons around the world. Civilians continued to suffer...
explosive violence monitor2018aoav
https://aoav.org.uk/category/police-forces/london-murder-capital/
London: murder capital - AOAV
This page examines the annual homicide rate in London, examining the knife and gun murders in the capital city. Each report looks at the demographics and...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/manufactured-explosive-weapons/air-strikes/
Air strikes - AOAV
AOAV’s analysis of air strikes and their impact on civilians – from rules of engagement being flouted to their impact on violence becoming embedded and...
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https://aoav.org.uk/2024/explosive-violence-monitor-2023/
Explosive Violence Monitor: 2023 - AOAV
Apr 24, 2024 - In 2023, AOAV recorded 47,476 deaths and injuries as a result of the use of explosive weapons around the world. Civilians continued to suffer...
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https://aoav.org.uk/acting-on-weapons/guns-and-knives/
Guns and knives - AOAV
Nov 28, 2025 - Of all weapons of violence, guns cause the greatest harm, followed by bladed weapons. It is estimated that over half a million of people die from armed...
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https://aoav.org.uk/2025/explosive-violence-monitor-2024/
Explosive Violence Monitor: 2024 - AOAV
Jun 13, 2025 - This report presents the findings of global explosive violence patterns in 2024. It constitutes the fourteenth consecutive year of Action on Armed Violence’s...
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https://aoav.org.uk/category/explosive-violence-research/non-state-actors/al-shabaab/
Explosive violence by Al Shabaab - AOAV
Al Shabaab broke away from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in 2006, eventually becoming the largest militant organisation fighting to oust the Somali...
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https://aoav.org.uk/explosiveviolence/ieds/addressing-threat-posed-ieds-national-regional-global-initiatives/
Addressing the threat posed by IEDs: National, regional and global initiatives - AOAV
May 31, 2018 - The report, Addressing the threat posed by IEDs: National, regional and global initiatives, seeks to respond to the threat posed by IEDs (Improvised Explosive...
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