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Since the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) signed the Deed of Commitment protecting children in armed conflict in July 2014, Geneva Call has maintained a constant dialogue with them in order to monitor the situation. Following several allegations about the use of children in hostilities, particularly in a United Nations […]

Oslo From 28 to 29 May 2015, Geneva Call participated in a conference hosted by the Norwegian Foreign Affairs Ministry. Geneva Call’s President speech is available here. 37 countries on May 29, 2015, joined an international Safe Schools Declaration that commits them to protect education from attack. In situations of conflict, widespread attacks on schools and […]

Can a hospital be targeted if the enemy is inside and targeting you? Can you enrol young people as combatants without being sure they are 18? Can you pretend to surrender in order to attack your enemy by surprise? These are the types of questions—and they sometimes involve complex answers—that many combatants in armed groups […]

Peut-on viser un hôpital si l’ennemi s’y trouve et vous prend pour cible ? Peut-on accepter des jeunes en tant que combattants sans être sûr qu’ils aient 18 ans ? Peut-on feinter une reddition pour attaquer l’ennemi par surprise? Telles sont les questions, aux réponses parfois complexes, que de nombreux combattants de groupes armés se posent régulièrement […]