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Western Sahara: monitoring the destruction of 2,446 stockpiled anti-personnel mines by the Polisario Front
On 3 November 2017, Geneva Call monitored the destruction of 2,446 stockpiled anti-personnel (AP) mines by the Sahrawi Mine Action Coordination Office (SMACO) in accordance with Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment banning AP mines signed by the Polisario Front in 2005. The event took place near Tifariti in the presence of the Polisario authorities, representatives […]
DR Congo: interview with two former child soldiers: “Fighting was beyond my capacities”
Alphonse and Clovis were younger than 15 years old when they joined the combatants of two different armed groups in North Kivu, a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Following humanitarian negotiations with Geneva Call, the commanders of these groups came to realize that using children during military operations was prohibited, and they […]
Address to the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict in New York
On 17 October, at the invitation of the Swedish Permanent Mission in New York, Geneva Call briefed the United Nations (UN) Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on the prevention of child recruitment by armed non-State actors (ANSAs). This took place in preparation for the open debate that will take place on […]
“Armed non-State actors speak about child protection in armed conflict” Conference report released
In November 2016, Geneva Call gathered 21 armed movements from 11 countries, including Burma/Myanmar, Colombia, Syria and Yemen, as well as specialized humanitarian agencies for an unprecedented meeting in Geneva on how to better protect children and education in armed conflict. The report provides a summary of key issues – such as the root causes […]