April 2023 – In its seventh annual policy note, Watchlist makes recommendations to the UN Secretary-General regarding the list of perpetrators of grave violations against children in his forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict.
Watchlist’s 25-page report, “A Credible List”: Recommendations for the Secretary-General’s 2023 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict, provides information on grave violations committed against children in 12 countries in 2022. Drawing on UN-verified information and other credible accounts, the report recommends that 19 parties in 12 countries be added to the Secretary-General’s ‘list of shame,’ listed for additional violations, or investigated further with a view towards possible listing.
