Publications – Watchlist

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – January 2021

This month's CAAC Update provides targeted recommendations to the Security Council and its Working Group for the protection of children in Libya, Yemen, and South Sudan.

A Path to Reintegration: The Role of Handover Protocols in Protecting the Rights of Children

Policy Reports

In a new policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict calls on governments to end the detention of children affected by armed conflict. It urges governments to adopt agreements that [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – December 2020

CAC Monthly Updates

This month's update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – November 2020

CAC Monthly Updates

The November 2020 Monthly Children and Armed Conflict Update provides recommendations to the Security Council on the Central African Republic, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan/South Sudan (Abyei).

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – October 2020

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in Syria and Yemen. The update also [...]

Factsheet: COVID-19 and Children in Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has spread to 216 countries and territories and claimed nearly one million lives globally. On March 23, 2020, UN Secretary-General Antonio [...]

Review of the June 2020 Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

On June 23, 2020, the United Nations Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (CAAC), under France’s presidency. At the debate, the Special Representative of [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – September 2020

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Libya.

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – August 2020

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council for the protection of children in Iraq and Somalia. It also provides [...]