Advocacy Resources – Watchlist

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Joint NGO Statement on Yemen

Advocacy Letters

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 [...]

Open Letter to the Secretary-General on the 2020 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Advocacy Letters

June 22, 2020 – In an open letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 25 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, express their disappointment with [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Advocacy Letters

May 2020 – In a joint statement, 22 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including Watchlist, call on UN Member States to strengthen action to protect civilians in armed conflict. The statement [...]

Open Letter to the Secretary-General on Attacks Against Health Care in Yemen

Advocacy Letters

On May 15, 2020, a group of nongovernmental organizations wrote a public letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia [...]

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

Advocacy Letters

May 11, 2020 - In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joined XX nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to publish a [...]