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    2025 Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate list of Perpetrators

    2025 Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate list of Perpetrators

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    May 29, 2025 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joins 20 other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure the [...]

    JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS 2025

    JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS 2025

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    May 2025 – One year after the UN Secretary-General outlined the “resoundingly grim” state of civilian protection, the situation continues to deteriorate. 21 NGOs call for urgent action by [...]

    OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LIST OF PERPETRATORS IN 2024 ANNUAL REPORT ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

    OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LIST OF PERPETRATORS IN 2024 ANNUAL REPORT ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

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    May 30, 2024 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joins 22 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure the [...]

    JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS 2024

    JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS 2024

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    May 2024 – 2024 marks both the 25th anniversary of the UN Security Council’s adoption of the protection of civilians (POC) in armed conflict agenda and the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva [...]

    Open Letter to Secretary General Guterres on the Protection of Children in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

    Open Letter to Secretary General Guterres on the Protection of Children in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

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    16 November 2023 Dear SG Guterres, We are alarmed by the escalation of hostilities in Israel and Gaza, and its unconscionable toll on Israeli and Palestinian children. As you noted on November 6, [...]

    OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LIST OF PERPETRATORS

    OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LIST OF PERPETRATORS

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    May 31, 2023 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joins 20 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure the [...]

    Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians

    Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians

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    May 2023 – In a joint statement, Watchlist and 20 organizations urge UN Member States to address three critical issues: 1) recognize the wide-ranging and long-lasting impact of conflict and [...]

    Statement on Protecting the Rights of Children with Disabilities in Armed Conflict

    Statement on Protecting the Rights of Children with Disabilities in Armed Conflict

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    June 2022 – In a statement delivered at a virtual side event during the 15th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, [...]

    Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

    Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

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    May 31, 2022 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joins 17 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure the [...]

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