One year after the UN Secretary-General outlined the “resoundingly grim” state of civilian protection, the situation continues to deteriorate. 21 NGOs call for urgent action by the UN Security...
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Date: 20 May 2025 Time: 17:00 Place: Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Co-organizers: Permanent of Mexico to the United Nations, Geneva Call, CIVIC, DPO Background and Rationale The...
Date: 20 May 2025 Time: 13.15 - 14.45 Venue: UNHQ – CR8 The Permanent Missions of Norway, Canada, Sierra Leone, Spain, Nigeria (tbc), Greece, Kenya (tbc), Uruguay, France, United Kingdom (tbc) and...
Background For more than fifteen years, every report of the UN Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict has drawn attention to the devastating impact on civilians and...
Rationale The failing international normative system, crisis of multilateralism, and shifting power dynamics have weakened the tools, capacities, and actors available to strengthen the protection of...
Side Event during PoC Week (19 - 23 May 2025) Monday, 19 May 2025 13:00 – 14:30 EDT Location: Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations 633 3rd Ave 18th Floor This event has reached...
In-person, Invite only Background Climate change is increasingly recognized as a factor that exacerbates conflict dynamics and impacts the protection of civilians (PoC). While climate change does not...
UN Protection of Civilians Week 2025 Closed Roundtable, New York Wednesday 21 May, 8:00-10:00am (a light breakfast will be served) CONCEPT NOTE 75 years after the adoption of the Geneva Conventions,...
Wednesday 21 May 2025, 10.30 – 12 noon Conference Room 11, UN New York (in person only) Co-sponsored by: The Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, the...
Civilians around the world are subjected to increasing harm as a result of armed conflict, and in response many are mobilising to protect themselves and their communities. Despite the commitments to...
The Hague, NL, 17 December, 2024 – After decades of violent conflict and widespread civilian harm, the recent transition in Syria presents a critical opportunity to prioritize the protection of all...
Geneva/Kyiv, November 20, 2024 –Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) denounces the reported planned transfer of banned antipersonnel landmines from the United States to Ukraine. In response to...
Estimados Embajadores, Antes del debate abierto anual de este año sobre mujeres, paz y seguridad (MPS), y un año antes del vigésimo quinto aniversario de la Resolución 1325 (2000), nos dirigimos a...
Chers ambassadeurs, chères ambassadrices, A l’approche du débat ouvert de cette année sur l’agenda femmes, paix et sécurité (WPS en anglais) et un an avant le 25è anniversaire de la résolution 1325...
In advance of the October 2024 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, this open letter was sent to UN Member States on behalf of 628 civil society signatories from 110 countries...
World + 4 more
Washington, D.C., October 8, 2024 —With more than 120 armed conflicts around the world and increased risk of harm to civilians in these contexts, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) launched on...
oPt + 3 more
STATEMENT FROM CIVIC’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HICHEM KHADHRAOUI As the war in Gaza enters its second year, the Palestinian enclave is now unrecognizable, with most areas reduced to rubble. The...
NGOs urge the Biden-Harris Administration to adjust course on its approach to Gaza given the catastrophic harm to civilians. Earlier this year, the Biden-Harris Administration created a new policy,...
Lebanon + 1 more
THE HAGUE / GENEVA, Sept. 19, 2024 – Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) condemns the series of attacks carried out through electronic devices across Lebanon and Syria, which left thousands...
