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No More Denial: Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Myanmar (Burma)
May 2009
Full Report in English PDF | HTML

4-page summary in English PDF | HTML and Burmese PDF

No Safety No Escape: Children and the Escalating Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka April 2008
Full Report in English [PDF] [HTML]

4-page summary in English [PDF], Tamil [PDF] and Sinhala [PDF]

Global Study on the Implementation of the UN-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM), January 2008
Full report: [PDF], in French [PDF] and Spanish [PDF].

Country-specific reports: Colombia [PDF] in Spanish [PDF], DR Congo [PDF], in French [PDF], Sri Lanka [PDF] and Uganda [PDF].

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The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict strives to end violations against children in armed conflicts and to guarantee their rights. As a global network, the Watchlist builds partnerships among local, national and international non-governmental organizations, enhancing mutual capacities and strengths. Working together, we strategically collect and disseminate information on violations against children in conflicts in order to influence key decision-makers to create and implement programs and policies that effectively protect children.

WATCHLIST LAUNCHES POLICY PAPER ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL’S EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

21 May 2009

policy paper 09Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is pleased to present our new policy paper, UN Security Council Resolution 1612 and Beyond: Strengthening Protection for Children in Armed Conflict. The policy paper is being launched today at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York.

Resolution 1612 and Beyond details concrete actions that the United Nations Security Council should take to ensure that children caught in armed conflict are protected from violence and related threats to their security and well-being. The release of the policy paper follows the recent Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict and coincides with the ongoing follow-up on the Presidential Statement adopted by the Security Council in connection to that Open Debate.

Full Report in English [PDF]

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10 May 2009

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Watchlist launches report on children affected by armed conflict in Myanmar (Burma)

Myanmar Report

6 May 2009

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is pleased to present our new report, No More Denial: Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Myanmar (Burma).

Launched today at the UN headquarters in New York, No More Denial calls on the UN Security Council to move swiftly to protect the tens of thousands of children in Myanmar who are raped, abducted and recruited as soldiers by the Myanmar armed forces and non-state armed groups. Our new report is released this week to mark the first anniversary of devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar in May 2008 and to draw urgent attention to the plight of children in Myanmar who have been subject to heinous violations of their rights every day since the Cyclone and for decades prior. The report’s release also coincides with the UN Secretary-General’s preparation of his new report on children and armed conflict in Myanmar soon to be delivered to the Security Council.  

No More Denial is the most comprehensive and up-to-date report available on the situation facing children in Myanmar's armed conflict areas. It documents killing and maiming of children, child soldiering, rape, abduction, forced displacement, attacks on schools, denial of humanitarian access and other violations. It also charges the UN Security Council with remaining largely silent despite growing evidence from UN and local sources of these violations.

Full Report in English PDF | HTML

4-page summary in English PDF | HTML and Burmese PDF

Press Release in English PDF

View a webcast of the press conference here.

Checklist To Assist In The Identification Of The Special Needs And Vulnerabilities Of Internally Displaced Children

12 March 2009

At the request of Prof. Walter Kaelin, Representative of the Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Watchlist and its partners developed a checklist to assist in the identification of the special needs and vulnerabilities of internally displaced children in both IDP camp and non-camp settings. The checklist is intended to improve awareness and understanding on the situation of displaced children and the mechanisms that can be used to improve their protection.

Urgent Action Needed in Sri Lanka

12 February 2009

Briefing Note and Recommendations here.
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