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On October 26, in a joint endeavor with the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and its Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups Task Force (CAAFAG TF), Watchlist [...]

On June 15, 2022, Watchlist co-sponsored a side event to the 15th session of the Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), alongside [...]

On July 19, 2022, the United Nations Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (CAAC) under Brazil’s presidency. H.E. Ambassador Fernando Simas Magalhães, [...]

On July 11, 2022, the United Nations Secretary-General (SG) published his annual report (“annual report”) on children and armed conflict documenting grave violations committed against children in [...]

On June 22, 2022, Watchlist’s director spoke at a side event on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) organized by the International Coalition for R2P (ICR2P) and the Global Centre for R2P [...]

On February 3, 2022, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict (Watchlist) and Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) held an annual children and armed [...]

The 25th anniversary of the children and armed conflict (CAAC) mandate in 2021 marked a milestone in protecting children from the harms of war. The anniversary also provided members of the CAAC [...]

The listing and delisting of perpetrators in the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict (CAAC) remains one of the most unique and powerful tools for promoting compliance [...]

On March 16, 2022, Watchlist, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and the Alliance’s Task Force on Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) published [...]

On October 29, 2021, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2601 on protecting education in armed conflict, with 99 Member States joining as co-sponsors. The [...]