Watchlist launched its 8th annual #CredibleList report today! Watchlist’s recommends 24 parties to conflict in 15 country situations be added to the annexes of the SG’s annual report on CAAC for grave violations against children, listed for additional violations, or further

Today Watchlist launched its 8th policy paper on grave violations against children in armed conflict. This research consisted of a systematic desk review of 23 conflict contexts, and led to 35 recommendations for Secretary-General António Guterres' upcoming #CAAC report. 👇

Today, BCC member Watchlist launched its annual policy paper - 'A Credible List' presenting findings of grave violations against children in 2023. This report encourages accountability for non-compliance with IHL & IHRL violations against children in war. Read it below. 👇

If you missed UI Center for Human Rights' live webinar on Children & Conflict with Samantha Holmes & Rima Afifi, you can now watch it back. 👇
Don't miss this crucial discussion about the vulnerabilities children face in war and how we can better protect them.
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Starting in 25 mins!

Press Release: Watchlist and the The Generating Respect Project Hub at Centre for Applied Human Rights Announce New Strategic Partnership

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Today CAHR announces its strategic partnership with Watchlist for policy & practice-driven research.

Read the full press release below

📅27.02.24
🕕18:00 (GMT) / (12:00 CST)

CAHR research associate Samantha Holmes will discuss the issues and particular vulnerabilities that children face in conflict zones.

Find out more: uichr.uiowa.edu/event/137011/0

The audience and panellists of our leadership and the local panel are discussing hierarchy and power. Let us know your view 👇
Is hierarchy inherent within us as humans, or is it socially constructed?
#CAHR15

At #CAHR15 participants reflected on ongoing crises and shared personal stories from the conflicts in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Colombia and Afghanistan. Panellists were asked, has the human rights movement and leadership failed?
Have your say 👇

STARTING NOW. Today marks the first of two days celebrating 15 years of CAHR, University of York. We are grateful to be joined today by esteemed colleagues, former fellows, alumni and the CAHR community.
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Children are the over-represented victims of armed conflict. But how, if at all, can we instil a culture of compliance with IHL among armed actors? Read Dr. Ezequiel Heffes and my latest piece for Opinio Juris here 👉opiniojuris.org/2023/12/05/inf…

Congratulations to the ‘Beyond Compliance’ consortium - winner of the ‘Wars Fought Better’ call for proposals. We look forward to some ground-breaking research and policy from an outstanding consortium. A huge ‘Thank You’ to all the people who bid, there were many great ideas.

Proud to be a member of the research team at Centre for Applied Human Rights for the Beyond Compliance Consortium & to be working on this important Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office project with Dr Ioana Cismas Dr. Rebecca Sutton
Dr. Ezequiel Heffes Dr Katharine Fortin - @katharinefortin.bsky.social Stephen Wilkinson Florian Weigand Daniel Mahanty Rocco Blume & others.

Humbled to receive the Sam Pegram Human Rights Placement Award from Centre for Applied Human Rights in memory of York Law School alumnus Sam Pegram, for my latest research project on disability & counter-terrorism. I am indebted to all research participants & I stand in solidarity.
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Reseachers from University of York interviewed #CounterTerrorism academics and #DisabilityRights academics including from University of Oxford, LSE, University of Leeds and Durham University. Good to see evidenced research applied to policy decision excluding disabled people. #InclusionMatters

I am proud to have contributed to this research for REVERSE THE BAN YORK through Centre for Applied Human Rights. ⚖️♿️ reversetheban.co.uk/wp-content/upl…
With risk-aversion as the CYC’s overwhelming priority, the rights of disabled people who have lost their ability to access York city centre are being undermined.

As the world was distracted with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cambodian gov't quietly restarted controversial sand exports. How much? As one logistics worker told me -- 'It's a lot, bro.'

https://vodenglish.qqwnews/fleets-of-sand-barges-cross-border-as-exports-quietly-restarted/

How 'archaic' lèse-majesté laws are being weaponized to stifle legitimate criticism in #Cambodia , #Thailand , and #Malaysia . Read this article by Samantha Holmes of ARTICLE 19 ow.ly/fV6550KIEFQ ARTICLE 19 (Malaysia)

A Spotify playlist, private phone call, criticism of a royal-owned corporation, zoom meeting of environmentalists & criticisms of lèse-majesté laws themselves are some of the acts prosecuted under lèse-majesté in #SoutheastAsia . 👑
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