March 2026 – Canada launched the Vancouver Principles on Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in 2017. This political declaration calls on Member [...]
January 2026 – Watchlist is pleased to announce the publication of its new report Children and Armed Conflict in the Philippines: Domestic Law and Policy. As part of Watchlist’s “Bringing [...]
On June 25, 2025, the United Nations Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (CAAC) under Guyana’s presidency. The open debate offered an opportunity for UN [...]
December 2025 – The report from Watchlist’s August 2025 Geneva Policy Workshop on children and armed conflict (CAAC), hosted jointly with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and [...]
November 2025 – Following Watchlist’s 2025 report examining general trends across 25 situations of concern included in the Secretary-General’s annual reports on CAAC, this report takes a [...]
August 2025 – Children in situations of armed conflict across the globe suffer the consequences of largescale violence from State armed forces and non-state armed groups (NSAGs). The [...]
July 2025 – The report from Watchlist’s January 2025 annual policy workshop on children and armed conflict (CAAC), hosted jointly with Columbia University’s School of [...]
April 2025 – In its ninth annual policy note, Watchlist makes recommendations to the UN Secretary-General regarding the list of perpetrators of grave violations against children in his [...]
December 2024 – The report from Watchlist’s August 2024 Geneva Policy Workshop on children and armed conflict (CAAC), hosted jointly with the Geneva Human Rights Platform of the Geneva Academy of [...]
November 21, 2024 – The listing of any party to an armed conflict in the UNSG’s list of perpetrators triggers the establishment of the formal MRM and the Country Task Force on Monitoring [...]
