HRN Requests the Japanese Government to Participate in the Vienna Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare

HRN has sent an open letter addressed to Japan’s Foreign Minister requesting the Japanese government to participate in the Vienna Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare on 1-2 October 2019.

The goal of the conference is discuss ways of protecting civilians from the explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA) and in particular to discuss a Political Declaration on EWIPA.

You can read an English translation of the letter here:

Vienna_Conference_on_EWIPA_Request_Letter.pdf

The original Japanese version is available on our Japanese-language website here:

http://hrn.or.jp/activity/16283/