Publications – Watchlist

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – May 2022

“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 [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – April 2022

CAC Monthly Updates

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 [...]

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 [...]