DOCHERTY: Perhaps in terms of scale, it's explosive weapons when they're used in populated areas.
Explosive weapons can be rockets, missiles, bombs, or mortars, anything that explodes.
Thousands of children are killed or injured every year by explosive weapons and landmines.
In most cases they are linked to the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
The second world war demonstrated in full measure the destructive force of explosive weapons.
Sadly, military forces around the world have been using explosive weapons eagerly ever since.
Landmine Action, for example, has called on states to curtail the use of explosive weapons in urban areas.
It remarks: "During the ground operations, the Israel Defence Forces used explosive weapons extensively in densely populated areas of Gaza".
The report attributes 60% (2,682) of civilian deaths and injuries in Yemen to air-launched explosive weapons.
When populated urban areas are attacked with explosive weapons, 90% of the people killed or injured are civilians.
Entire districts were reduced to rubble by the explosive weapons delivered by US-led coalition airstrikes and Iraqi artillery.
