Publications – Watchlist

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – August 2020

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 [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – July 2020

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the Security Council and its Working Group for the protection of children in Central African [...]

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

Policy Reports

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 [...]

June 2020 Special Update – Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

CAC Monthly Updates

On June 23, 2020, the UN Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (CAC) under France’s presidency. The open debate is a key opportunity for Member States [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – June 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, Democratic Republic of [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

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

Policy Reports

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 [...]

January 2020 Princeton Workshop Report

Policy Reports

May 18, 2020 – The report from Watchlist’s January 2020 annual workshop on children and armed conflict, hosted jointly with Princeton University’s Liechtenstein Institute on [...]

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

Policy Reports

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 [...]