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Protecting children in Syria: an innovative video linking international humanitarian norms to Quranic verses to raise awareness among armed non-State actors
The crisis in Syria is now into its 9th year and the situation is alarming: use of children in hostilities by all sides of the conflict is regularly reported, many children have been killed, and almost all armed non-State actors (ANSAs) involved in the conflict have recruited children from both local and refugee/internally displaced communities. As […]
Banning landmines in Syria: an innovative video linking humanitarian norms to Quranic verses to raise awareness among non-State actors
The crisis in Syria is now into its 9th year and the situation is alarming: anti-personal mines are widely used by many actors across the country, including armed non-State actors (ANSAs), mostly in the areas that have been captured from Syrian government forces. Civilians bear the brunt of those practices. As part of a video […]
Side-event at the 33th International conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
On 12 December 2019, in collaboration with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Geneva Call held a side-event on armed non-State actors (ANSA) and international humanitarian law (IHL) on the fringes of the 33th International conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva. The event, moderated by Verity Robson, […]
Religious scholars’ meeting in Beirut on Human Rights Day
On International Human Rights Day (December 10th), 16 prominent religious scholars from Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Iraq and Iran representing multiple confessions, namely Christian, Druze, Yazidi, Sunni and Shia, adopted a joint statement on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. An event entitled Religious Leaders: Positive Practices towards increased Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict […]