Advocacy Resources – Watchlist

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

May 12, 2021 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joined 17 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to publish a [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Advocacy Letters

May 2021 – In a joint statement, Watchlist and 25 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) call for the comprehensive protection of civilians from conflict, during conflict, and in the [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – May 2021

CAC Monthly Updates

Watchlist's May 2021 Monthly Children and Armed Conflict Update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – April 2021

CAC Monthly Updates

Watchlist's April 2021 Monthly Children and Armed Conflict Update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of [...]

Joint Statement – Save the Children – UN Human Rights Council 46th Session

Advocacy Letters

March 2021 – In 2020 the UN reported the highest-ever number of verified grave violations against children, with more than 26,000 incidents verified in the previous year. Children continue [...]

DCI Joint Statement – UN Human Rights Council 46th Session

Advocacy Letters

March 2021 – The listing and delisting of state armed forces and armed groups that commit grave violations against children in the UN Secretary-General’s annual reports is a critical [...]

Joint Statement – UN Human Rights Council 46th Session

Advocacy Letters

March 2021 – In a joint statement delivered during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC) at the 46th [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – March 2021

CAC Monthly Updates

This month's update provides targeted recommendations to the UN Security Council for the protection of children in Afghanistan, Colombia, South Sudan, and Syria.

Joint NGO Letter – Ensure Accountability for Yemen

Advocacy Letters

February 2021 – In a joint letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC), fourteen international civil society organizations, including Watchlist, call on Security Council members to begin [...]