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The Syrian Democratic Forces release 56 children under the age of 18
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) recently announced that 56 boys under the age of 18 had left their organisation and were returned to their families. This decision came following a military order on child protection, issued by the SDF on 5 September 2018. This order included the prohibition to recruit and use children for combat […]
Geneva Call launches an innovative new Deed of Commitment on protecting health care in armed conflict
Attacks on health care facilities, personnel and medical transports have increased significantly in conflict zones in recent years. Armed groups are believed to be responsible for about a third of all such incidents of violence worldwide. Injuring and killing medical personnel and their patients or using hospitals for military purposes prevents medical personnel from caring […]
“Culture under fire”: Geneva Call launches pioneering new study on armed non-State actors and the protection of cultural heritage
Geneva Call is delighted to publish a new report entitled “Culture under fire: armed non-State actors and cultural heritage in wartime”. The report will be officially launched at an event to be held at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington D.C. on October 25 2018, featuring a high-level panel with the participation of Yves Daccord, the […]
The Philippines: Launch of “Conflict has rules too”, an awareness campaign on the law of armed conflict
“Conflict has rules too”: this is the core message of the multimedia campaign that Geneva Call is launching today in Cotabato City in the Philippines, in the presence of national, regional and local Filipino authorities, civil society organizations and the humanitarian community. From now on anybody has the opportunity to learn about humanitarian norms in […]