A Continuum of Civilian Harm and the Path to Protection: How Explosive Ordnance Shapes Protection Risks and the Imperative for Humanitarian Mine Action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Country: occupied Palestinian territory Sources: Protection Cluster, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Please refer to the attached file. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Explosive ordnance contamination has become one of the defining humanitarian and protection challenges in the occupied Palestinian The consequences are immediate and long-term. Harm begins with death and traumatic injury but continues through subsequent Operational constraints are amplifying this harm while preventing Humani