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Military Detention of Children in Armed Conflict

December 2019 – In a joint policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Human Rights Watch highlight the increasingly worrying trend of military detention of children affected [...]

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

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May 24, 2019 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joined 21 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to publish a [...]

Recommendations for the 2019 Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict

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May 24, 2019 – In this policy note, Watchlist makes specific recommendations to the UN Secretary-General regarding the list of perpetrators of child rights violations in his forthcoming [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians

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2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council protection of civilians in armed conflict agenda, as well as the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Despite the important [...]

Open Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Myanmar Review

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On March 25, 2019, a group of 19 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, sent an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcoming his [...]

Open Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Yemen

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On February 25, 2019, a group of nine civil society organizations released an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres urging him to list the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) in [...]

A Credible List: Recommendations for the 2018 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict and Listings

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March 2018 – In this policy note, Watchlist calls upon the UN Secretary-General to elevate children’s rights above politics and ensure a complete and credible listing of perpetrators. The [...]

Working Methods 2006-2016: Strengthening the Impact of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict

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February 2018 – This note continues Watchlist’s practice of providing updated analyses of the working methods of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. It examines and [...]

No Justice for Yemen’s Children – The case for listing the Saudi Arabia-led coalition for grave violations

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July 2017 – A joint publication from Save the Children and Watchlist, this briefing note sets out the case for listing the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the UN Secretary-General’s [...]

An Open Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres

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On June 2, 2017, a group of 41 civil society organizations released an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres calling on him to publish an accurate and credible list of perpetrators [...]