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Lebanon: launch of a study on “Children at Risk in the Palestinian Refugee Camps”
On 7 December 2015, Geneva Call and the Nashit association launched a study called “Children at Risk in the Palestinian Refugee Camps” in Beirut. The study was presented at a conference co-organized by Geneva Call, the Swiss Embassy and the Embassy of Palestine. More than 60 people from embassies, NGOs or United Nations organizations attended […]
Thailand: Geneva Call supports a public campaign on humanitarian norms
Although armed violence in southern Thailand rarely makes international headlines, it caused more than 17,000 casualties between 2004 and 2014. Most of these were civilians. At the request of a local civil society organization, the Cross-Cultural Foundation & Hearty Support Group, Geneva Call is supporting a public campaign to promote humanitarian norms among communities and […]
Sudan: the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North neutralizes 211 stockpiled anti-personnel mines
In November, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) neutralized 211 stockpiled anti-personnel mines with the support of a technical expert brought in by Geneva Call. This first step towards the total destruction of the SPLM-N’s stockpiles follows its signature of Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment banning anti-personnel (AP) mines in 2013. In a region that […]
Report release: “Education and Armed Non-State Actors: Towards a Comprehensive Agenda”
This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop entitled “Education and Armed Non-State Actors: Towards a comprehensive agenda,” which was held in Geneva in June 2015, co-organized by Geneva Call and Protect Education in Insecurity and Attack (PEIC).The workshop’s main objectives were to consider the multiple roles that armed non-State actors (ANSAs) play in protecting, […]