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Geneva Call holds a workshop in Beirut to support NGOs working in Syria
1 February 2019
On December 18 and 19 2018, Geneva Call organised a two-day workshop in Beirut, Lebanon covering International Humanitarian Law, and humanitarian protection and access in Syria for thirty-four different international... read more
Final destruction of 2,485 stockpiled anti-personnel mines in Western Sahara
22 January 2019
On 6 January 2019, Geneva Call monitored the destruction of 2,485 stockpiled anti-personnel (AP) mines by the Sahrawi Mine Action Coordination Office (SMACO) in accordance with Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment banning... read more
“Armed conflicts have rules too”: press conference in Kiev
14 January 2019
Geneva Call organized a press conference in Ukraine on December 13, 2018 to launch its first ever programme in Ukraine. The main speaker, Marie Lequin, Head of the Eurasia region at Geneva Call, focused on the... read more
Iraq: two armed actors sign a humanitarian declaration to protect civilians, children and displaced people
17 December 2018
On 12 December 2018, the Ninewa Guards - an armed actor from Mosul - and the Ezidkhan Protection Forces - a Yezidi armed actor from Sinjar - each signed a “Unilateral Humanitarian Declaration to Respect Humanitarian... read more
New mine risk workshops launched in the Chocó region of Colombia
6 December 2018
Geneva Call has recently launched a series of new workshops on mine risk education in the Chocó department of Colombia. The workshops aim to raise awareness of the issue of landmines and the risks they pose to... read more
Geneva Call organizes its first workshop for journalists on the protection of internally displaced persons
6 December 2018
On November 7 and 8 2018, Geneva Call organized a two-day workshop on the protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in armed conflict for Kurdish journalists in Erbil. Eighteen TV, radio, print and online media... read more
The Syrian Democratic Forces release 56 children under the age of 18
3 December 2018
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,... read more
Geneva Call launches an innovative new Deed of Commitment on protecting health care in armed conflict
23 November 2018
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... read more
“Culture under fire”: Geneva Call launches pioneering new study on armed non-State actors and the protection of cultural heritage
23 October 2018
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... read more
The Philippines: Launch of “Conflict has rules too”, an awareness campaign on the law of armed conflict
22 October 2018
“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... read more
