Reports – Watchlist

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

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 [...]

“Bridging the Gap” Reintegrating Children Formerly Associated with ISIL

Field Monitors Reports

March 29, 2021 – In a new policy brief released today, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict examines challenges facing children allegedly associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and [...]

2019 Annual Report

Annual Reports

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 [...]