Our head of research and incoming director @Emily_4319 speaks during the #EWIPA negotiations : "Civilians know when harm takes place and often are able to identify who is the perpetrator of that harm ; they are reporting on it at scale and in real time." 
"Ukraine is just one example of how civilians are reporting on and documenting the horrors of war, even as they are living under it."
"To date, our organisation alone has assessed and archived over 100,000 unique local sources across eight conflicts alleging civilian harm resulting from the use of EW, many of which happened in populated areas."
"Using the caveat ‘where appropriate’ will absolve states of the responsibility for really listening to those communities themselves."
"It will fall short of an essential commitment amongst states to collect and respect those voices, and share their findings with the communities they have harmed, and the civil society groups working with them."
"The commitment to gathering data on the use of explosive weapons is an essential element of the evidence base that will help states, militaries, civil society, humanitarian actors and affected communities understand civilian harm in conflicts."
"We are one of many civil society organisations that strive to collect and disaggregate such information, and we expect the powerful states represented in this room to do the same."
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