In 2019, the international community marked 30 years since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which protects the rights of all children from [...]
This month's update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in Somalia and Sudan. It also provides [...]
This month's CAAC Update provides targeted recommendations to the Security Council and its Working Group for the protection of children in Libya, Yemen, and South Sudan.
In a new policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict calls on governments to end the detention of children affected by armed conflict. It urges governments to adopt agreements that [...]
This month's update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...]
The November 2020 Monthly Children and Armed Conflict Update provides recommendations to the Security Council on the Central African Republic, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan/South Sudan (Abyei).
This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in Syria and Yemen. The update also [...]
In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council, nine international civil society organizations, including Watchlist, call on UN Member States to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in [...]
Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has spread to 216 countries and territories and claimed nearly one million lives globally. On March 23, 2020, UN Secretary-General Antonio [...]
On June 23, 2020, the United Nations Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (CAAC), under France’s presidency. At the debate, the Special Representative of [...]
