BAMRO

The Belgian Organization for Human Rights and Development has warned of the danger of using white phosphorus on the lives of civilians in conflict zones, the use of white phosphorus has serious damage to human life. civilians. BAMRO has identified the use of phosphorus in several conflict zones in Iraq, Syria and Yemen and warns that this deadly weapon falls into weapons that pose a threat to white phosphorus destroying human life when it is Exposed to oxygen in the air and continues to catch fire until consumption or oxygen supply is interrupted. The chemical interaction can generate a very high temperature (815 ° C or 1500 ° F). White phosphate is used to generate fires and end lives. It makes it known that when the human comes into contact with the white phosphorus by breathing it for example even the bones are burned because it is rich in soluble fats and therefore penetrates into the human body. It can aggravate fragments of wounds even after treatment and can enter the bloodstream and leave several sequels. Wounds covered with bandages may flame again when exposed and again to oxygen. Air strikes using incendiary weapons are prohibited in civilian areas under Protocol III of the Convention on Conventional Weapons. Although the protocol contains restrictions on low fire weapons on the ground, all incendiary weapons causing terrible injuries. Protocol III prohibits the use of weapons "primarily designed" to ignite a fire or cause burns, but some countries believe that white phosphorus is not as harmful. Lebanon is the 114th country that has ratified Protocol III of the April 2017 Convention. Iraq, Russia, the United States are also parties to the protocol, while Syria has not ratified. White phosphorus ammunition has been reported to have been used in at least seven conflicts between 2000 and 2016 in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Somalia, Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen. In 2016, the Saudi Arabian alliance also used white phosphorus in Yemen.
The Belgian Organization for Human Rights and Development has warned of the danger of using white phosphorus on the lives of civilians in conflict zones, the use of white phosphorus has serious damage to human life. civilians. BAMRO has identified the use of phosphorus in several conflict zones in Iraq, Syria and Yemen and warns that this deadly weapon falls into weapons that pose a threat to white phosphorus destroying human life when it is Exposed to oxygen in the air and continues to catch fire until consumption or oxygen supply is interrupted. The chemical interaction can generate a very high temperature (815 ° C or 1500 ° F). White phosphate is used to generate fires and end lives. It makes it known that when the human comes into contact with the white phosphorus by breathing it for example even the bones are burned because it is rich in soluble fats and therefore penetrates into the human body. It can aggravate fragments of wounds even after treatment and can enter the bloodstream and leave several sequels. Wounds covered with bandages may flame again when exposed and again to oxygen. Air strikes using incendiary weapons are prohibited in civilian areas under Protocol III of the Convention on Conventional Weapons. Although the protocol contains restrictions on low fire weapons on the ground, all incendiary weapons causing terrible injuries. Protocol III prohibits the use of weapons "primarily designed" to ignite a fire or cause burns, but some countries believe that white phosphorus is not as harmful. Lebanon is the 114th country that has ratified Protocol III of the April 2017 Convention. Iraq, Russia, the United States are also parties to the protocol, while Syria has not ratified. White phosphorus ammunition has been reported to have been used in at least seven conflicts between 2000 and 2016 in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Somalia, Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen. In 2016, the Saudi Arabian alliance also used white phosphorus in Yemen.