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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 06/09/2025

Detainees, hostages, and prisoners of war must be protected from humiliation, exposure, and public curiosity. Respecting their privacy is both a moral and legal duty. #IHL

Whether they are detainees, hostages, or prisoners of war, they must be protected at all times from public curiosity, humiliation, or exposure. Such practices are prohibited under international humanitarian law as forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Respecting their privacy is not only a matter of humanity, it is a legal obligation.

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 15/08/2025

Children should never be recruited or used by armed forces or armed groups. They have a right to be with their families, friends and communities. We can do more together to #ProtectChildrenInConflict. Learn more at unicef.link/4fAtGiz.

Recruitment or use of children in armed forces and armed groups is a grave violation of their rights in conflict.

These violations must stop. Now.

This deadly new normal can change when we advocate for children.

Since 2005, more than 200,000 children have been separated from armed forces and armed groups through advocacy efforts by the United Nations.

Together, we can do more to protect children in conflict.

Ways to take action to protect children and their rights in conflict

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 24/07/2025

📍 Colombia | Recovering the human remains of those who have died in armed conflict is never an easy task. Through our neutral role, we engage in dialogue with parties to the conflict to identify burial sites and, when possible, recover human remains for identification.

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 29/05/2025

“What we need is for UNICEF and its humanitarian partners to be allowed to do our jobs.” Read UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s op-ed in @nytimes.com on the urgent need to regain safe, sustained aid access to Gaza at scale. ⬇️

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Opinion | Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the U.N. Do Its Job.

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Ezequiel Heffes @ezequielheffes.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Thrilled to have this piece published in the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law as part of the 2024 Cox International Law Conference: "The 1949 Geneva Conventions at 75: Examining the Place of Non-State Armed Groups". scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcont...

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ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Due to popular demand, we've extended our ILW panel proposal deadline for a second (and final) time. New deadline: May 15, 2025! Send proposals in here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/internationa...

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 15/04/2025

“Sudan is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today, but it is not getting the world’s attention.” - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. Conflict is entering its third year in Sudan. Children need it to end. Learn more: unicef.link/42eKerq

As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, the number
of children in need of humanitarian assistance has doubled, from 7.8 million at the start of 2023 to more than 15 million today.

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15 “These were children and families in the city centre on a busy Sunday preparing for the start of Easter festivities in Ukraine." www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15

Statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine

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Katharine Fortin @katharinefortin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

On 8 February, several members of the Beyond Compliance Consortium Leadership team submitted written evidence to the International Development Committee’s inquiry on humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law. Read more 👇 bit.ly/IDC-submission

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 01/04/2025

Just Security is hiring a Legal Editor! Do you have a law degree and strong writing and editing skills? Do you want to work on a small, collegial team supporting a mission of elevating the public conversation on law and policy? Learn more and apply ⬇️ www.justsecurity.org/just-securit...

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Just Security is Hiring! - Legal Editor

Just Security seeks a full-time Legal Editor with a law degree and strong editing and writing skills to join our small, collegial team.

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

“Entire communities have been flattened. Children and families are sleeping in the open, with no homes to return to. I met children who were in shock after witnessing their homes collapse or the death of family members." Latest update on #MyanmarEarthquake www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Myanmar’s Deputy Representative, Julia Rees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – on the current situation in Myanmar at today’s Palais briefing

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

More than 850k people—nearly half of them children—displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response. Many are living in precarious conditions, taking shelter in schools, churches, or in the open, with limited access to services www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response

Children face killings, recruitment by armed groups, and sexual violence as conflict cripples schools, health services, and access to clean water

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in the last month. “We are urgently calling on all parties to the conflict to immediately halt these appalling grave violations against children.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in last month – UNICEF

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

At least four children – one girl and three boys – were reportedly killed, and three boys injured in Friday’s attack on #ElFasher’s Saudi Hospital, #Sudan Heartbreakingly, the children were in the emergency ward after being hospitalised by earlier bombings www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 25/01/2025

📍 Israel and the Occupied Territories | We have completed the second phase of release operations, reuniting more families. For more details, please see our operational update: ms.spr.ly/63322UOCdm

Today, we facilitated the release and transfer of four hostages out of Gaza and to Israeli authorities. We also facilitated the release and transfer of 128 detainees from Israeli places of detention to Gaza and the West Bank in the second phase of an ongoing humanitarian operation. During these releases, our priority is the safe transfer of those involved. This is a responsibility we take extremely seriously.

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UNICEF Press Office @unicefmedia.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating the learning crisis, UNICEF analysis finds on International Day of Education. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Excited to be streaming live now: "Harm + Need in Armed Conflict: What to Expect from Law, Policy and Practice in 2025?" bit.ly/bcc-roundtab...

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER for a roundtable discussion on "Harm + Need in Armed Conflict: What to Expect from Law, Policy and Practice in 2025?" 🗓 21 January, 5.30-7pm GMT, LONDON + online 👇 👇👇 Register at: bit.ly/bcc-roundtable-Jan25

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The number of internally displaced children in #Haiti has increased by nearly 50 per cent since September – now equaling approximately one in eight children in the entire country – as a result of ongoing violence caused by armed groups. @unicef.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

International Law Weekend 2024 was held at the New York City Bar Association on October 24, 2024, and Fordham University School of Law on October 25 to 26, 2024. The theme of the Weekend was “Powerless Law or Law for the Powerless?” Read our overview here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/internationa...

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International Law Weekend 2024 Overview - ABILA

International Law Weekend 2024 was held at the New York City Bar Association at 42 West 44th Street, New York […]

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 02/01/2025

2024 was one of the worst years on record for children caught in conflict. And we’ve heard excuse after excuse as their rights are brutally violated. This is unacceptable. Join us to call on world leaders to #ProtectChildrenInConflict. Learn more at uniceflink.org/4fUWGQV.

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 03/01/2025

More than 120 armed conflicts rage on, often unseen, causing immense suffering. As 2025 begins, we reflect on the enduring need for the Geneva Conventions and reaffirm our commitment to protecting lives and upholding humanity in war.

There are now over 120 armed conflicts in the world.

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 02/01/2025

Why do we stay neutral in conflict zones? Our organization was established under the Geneva Conventions, the most widely ratified treaties in the world with 196 countries signatories. Today our mission remains the same: to help and protect people caught up in war and violence.

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 28/12/2024

Why do we talk to all sides of a conflict? Because it saves lives.

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 28/12/2024

“This must not be the new normal.” - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. In 2025, we must do more to turn the tide and save and improve the lives of children. Full statement: uniceflink.org/40my0fD

By almost every measure, 2024 has been one of the worst years on record for children in conflict in UNICEF’s history. - Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director

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UNICEF Press Office @unicefmedia.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Some welcome positive news from #Sudan, where a UNICEF/WFP humanitarian convoy together with MSF and Khartoum Emergency Response Room, have delivered lifesaving health and nutrition supplies to Al Bashayer Hospital and primary healthcare sites in Jebel Aulia, #Khartoum.

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Ezequiel Heffes @ezequielheffes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

📢This #GivingTuesday, donate to Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict to support our work advocating for the protection of #children in conflict. 👉You can help us achieve our mission of ending grave violations of children's rights in conflict. Donate here 👇 www.givesignup.org/DonationWebs...

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I donated to the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

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UNICEF Press Office @unicefmedia.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

"More and more children are directly caught in the conflict. The UN verified more child casualties during the first nine months of 2024 than we did during all of 2023." @unicef.org ED Catherine Russell's remarks at the UN Security Council meeting on #Ukraine www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Ezequiel Heffes @ezequielheffes.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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I donated to the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

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Joe English @joe-english.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

“Six children are among eight people who lost their lives yesterday in the Aegean Sea." Safe, legal and accessible pathways are critical for children to seek protection and reunite with family members. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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Dr Erin Pobjie @epobjie.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My book is out in the world and got to meet some of its heroes (& nemesis - jk)! Thanks @alonso-gd.bsky.social for the symposium & Claus Kreß, @adhaque.bsky.social, Tomo Mikanagi, @abclapham.bsky.social, James Green & Alejandro Chehtman for their generous contributions 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1017/9781... /9

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Cambridge Core - Humanitarian Law - Prohibited Force

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American Society of International Law @asilorg.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

New to the Society? Check out our event videos and follow us on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@asil1906

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Katharine Fortin @katharinefortin.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Over the last months, the Beyond Compliance Consortium has been running a blog symposium on civilian experiences of armed conflict, compliance and restraint. Today's post by Andrew Bartles-Smith is on Buddhism and IHL. Can't recommend it enough - www.armedgroups-internationallaw.org/2024/11/12/b...

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Armed Groups and International Law - Beyond Compliance Symposium: Buddhism’s Psycho-ethics of Non-harm and Restraint for All Sentient Beings During Armed Conflict

Editors’ note This post forms part of the Beyond Compliance Symposium: How to Prevent Harm and Need in Conflict, featured across Articles of War and Armed Groups and Internation…

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Katharine Fortin @katharinefortin.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

@sallythin.bsky.social is organising this excellent webinar on using Role Play Games in education. 👇

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