Publications – Watchlist

“A Credible List”: Recommendations for the Secretary-General’s 2021 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“A Credible List”: Recommendations for the Secretary-General’s 2020 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

April 20, 2020 – The UN Secretary-General should apply the same standards to all warring parties that violate children’s rights, said Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict in a new policy [...]

Factsheet on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Children in Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

April 20, 2020 – As of mid-April 2020, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has claimed approximately 150,000 lives globally, even as governments put in place measures to mitigate its spread. On March [...]

Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism: The Erosion of Children’s Rights in Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

January 2020 – In this policy note, Watchlist examines how counterterrorism efforts are impacting the rights of children in conflict-affected countries, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali, [...]

Military Detention of Children in Armed Conflict

Policy Reports

December 2019 – In a joint policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Human Rights Watch highlight the increasingly worrying trend of military detention of children affected [...]