In our humanitarian dialogue, we focus on these thematic areas:
Children are particularly vulnerable to harm during armed conflict. They may be killed, maimed, abducted, raped, or recruited for use as a pawn in the hostilities. They may lose access to their usual education, or their schools may be targeted or taken over for unlawful military purposes.
Most of the serious abuses that children suffer in such situations are committed by AGDAs, according to the Office of the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
Geneva Call has been working since 2010 to protect children under the age of 18 and ensure they can keep going to school during armed conflict or other situations of violence. 31 AGDAs signed a Deed of Commitment to protect children in armed conflict so far and have taken other measures aimed at banning all uses of children in hostilities, including as soldiers.
Children are particularly vulnerable to harm during armed conflict. They may be killed, maimed, abducted, raped, or recruited for use as a pawn in the hostilities. They may lose access to their usual education, or their schools may be targeted or taken over for unlawful military purposes.
Most of the serious abuses that children suffer in such situations are committed by AGDAs, according to the Office of the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
Geneva Call has been working since 2010 to protect children under the age of 18 and ensure they can keep going to school during armed conflict or other situations of violence. 31 AGDAs signed a Deed of Commitment to protect children in armed conflict so far and have taken other measures aimed at banning all uses of children in hostilities, including as soldiers.
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Core values
Our values reflect those of a neutral and independent humanitarian organization that believes engaging with AGDAs is essential to influence the dialogue around humanitarian imperatives and civilian loss. Humanity, neutrality, impartiality, independence, accountability, dedication and respect: these seven fundamental values underpin all of Geneva Call’s work.
Board of Trustees
Geneva Call’s Board of Trustees is the organization’s highest governance body, in charge of setting the main strategic objectives and priorities to help Geneva Call fulfil the mission of improving the protection of civilians during armed conflicts. Board members meet at least four times per year and conduct work through specific sub-committees on an ad hoc basis.
Reinforcing Humanitarian Norms
for a lasting positive change
We prioritise our engagements based on civilian protection needs and the sensitivity of each conflict. We select those we engage with based on which ones we believe have the greatest impact on the lives of civilians.
Widespread violations often occur during conflicts, including deliberate attacks on civilians and their infrastructures, such as hospitals and schools. Children, vulnerable populations, and humanitarian workers are frequent targets. Our purpose is to deepen knowledge and acceptance of humanitarian norms in armed conflict and other situations of violence – the so-called rules of war. This reinforces the pillars of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL).
As we engage, we use targeted awareness-raising and training tools. One of our main tools is the Deed of Commitment.
Deeds of Commitments are unique public pledges made by AGDAs to adhere to and comply with key international humanitarian principles.
They come with a thorough monitoring and implementation plan allowing Geneva Call to deepen its engagement with the signatories, eventually leading to a long-term behavioural change on the ground.
To date, 69 AGDAs signed Deeds of Commitment in four thematic areas – landmines and explosive weapons; child protection and education; sexual violence and gender discrimination; and health care.
Since 2000, Geneva Call has worked in more than two dozen countries.
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