Reports – Watchlist

February 2022 Annual Policy Workshop Report

July 27, 2022 – The report from Watchlist’s February 2022 annual policy workshop on children and armed conflict (CAAC), hosted jointly with Fordham University’s Institute of International [...]

Denial of Humanitarian Access for Children: Legal, Policy, and Operational Challenges

Policy Reports

June 2022 – Building on previous work, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) conducted research on the denial of [...]

“A Credible List”: Recommendations for the Secretary-General’s 2022 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

April 2022 – In its sixth annual policy note, Watchlist makes recommendations to the UN Secretary-General regarding the list of perpetrators of grave violations against children in his [...]

Briefing Note: Children and Armed Conflict Concerns in Ukraine

Field Monitors Reports

Since 2014, conflict has been ongoing between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed armed groups in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region with serious consequences for children’s rights. [...]

Operational Guidance: Negotiating and Implementing Handover Protocols

Policy Reports

March 2022 – Handover protocols are agreements by governments or armed groups to swiftly transfer children allegedly associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG) in their custody, or [...]

2020 Annual Report

Annual Reports

In 2020, the international community grappled with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and its devastating impacts. Despite calls from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for a global [...]

Review of the June 2021 Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

On June 28, 2021, the United Nations Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (CAAC), under Estonia’s presidency. At the open debate, Secretary-General António [...]

January 2021 Annual Policy Workshop Report

Policy Reports

June 8, 2021 – The report from Watchlist’s January 2021 annual policy workshop on children and armed conflict (CAAC), hosted jointly with Fordham University’s Institute of International [...]

“A Credible List”: Recommendations for the Secretary-General’s 2021 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

April 2021 – In its fifth annual policy note, Watchlist makes recommendations to the UN Secretary-General regarding the list of perpetrators of grave violations against children in his [...]