Publications – Watchlist

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – June 2019

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations for the protection of children in the situations of Mali, Sudan (Darfur), and Syria. Children and [...]

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

Policy Reports

May 24, 2019 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joined 21 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to publish a [...]

Recommendations for the 2019 Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

May 24, 2019 – In this policy note, Watchlist makes specific recommendations to the UN Secretary-General regarding the list of perpetrators of child rights violations in his forthcoming [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians

Policy Reports

2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council protection of civilians in armed conflict agenda, as well as the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Despite the important [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – May 2019

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations to the UN Security Council on the situations of Iraq and Somalia, as well as for its open debate [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – April 2019

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations for the Security Council open debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, as well as for the protection [...]

Open Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Myanmar Review

Policy Reports

On March 25, 2019, a group of 19 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, sent an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcoming his [...]

Children and Armed Conflict Monthly Update – March 2019

CAC Monthly Updates

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns in the situations of Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan. It provides the Security Council [...]

Open Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Yemen

Policy Reports

On February 25, 2019, a group of nine civil society organizations released an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres urging him to list the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) in [...]