# ACTION ON ARMED VIOLENCE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1122057
- **Other names:** HUMAN SECURITY ACTION, LANDMINE ACTION CHARITABLE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06381573](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06381573)
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1122057


## Contact

- **Address:** 5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street
- **Postcode:** W1W 5PF
- **Phone:** 07984 645145
- **Email:** IOVERTON@AOAV.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.aoav.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN CONFLICT, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION FROM LANDMINES AND UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE;2 TO PROVIDE REHABILITATIVE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY HUMAN CONFLICT, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY LANDMINES AND UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE;3 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, DECISION MAKERS, POLICY MAKERS, RESEARCHERS AND THE NATIONAL AND INTERNTIONAL MEDIA ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN, DEVELOPMENTAL, MEDICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF DIFFERENT WEAPON TECHNOLOGIES;4 TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENTS TO ASSESS, CONTROL AND ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT WEAPON TECHNOLOGIES; AND5 TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE IMPROVEMENT, UNIVERSALISATION AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNTIONAL LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE PROTECTION FOR CIVILIANS FROM THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT WEAPON TECHNOLOGIES AND TO FURTHER ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE IMPROVEMENT, UNIVERSALISATION AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE ASSIST IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** AOAV researches the threat and impact of weapons in order to reduce the risks that provoke violence and conflict and to support the recovery of victims. We work with civil society partners and with governments to strengthen international laws on the use of conventional weapons, to build recognition of the rights of victims of armed violence.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Tower Hamlets





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Saleyha Ahsan |  | March 18, 2021 |
| Martin Butcher |  | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| Mira Naseer |  | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| Olivia Helena Mary Dix |  | Dec. 21, 2023 |
| PROFESSOR MICHAEL SPAGAT |  | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| Professor Theodora-Ismene Gizelis |  | Dec. 15, 2021 |




