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Withdrawal of UN Peacekeeping Missions can affect civilian protection if conducted without a clear transition plan.
Following field missions to DR Congo, CIVIC released this report detailing ways to minimize disruption to the protection of civilians.
civiliansinconflict.org/publications/p…
Open letter to Secretary Austin: Act now to protect civilians in Gaza
Today we joined CIVIC Human Rights Watch Amnesty International USA and other orgs in calling on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Lloyd J. Austin III to take urgent steps to ensure the protection of civilians in US-supported Israeli military operations in…
NEW: CIVIC joins leading humanitarian & human rights groups in calling on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to take immediate steps to protect civilians amid staggering levels of US-supported harm in Gaza.
Rhetoric must be backed by action and leverage.
Read the letter: civiliansinconflict.org/press-releases…
EXCLU: A group of prominent humanitarian organizations is calling on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to halt military & other aid to Israel over its operations in Gaza that they say have caused “staggering” civilian harm, according to a letter sent to the Pentagon chief on Weds. politico.com/news/2023/12/2…
To protect civilians in Gaza, rhetoric must be backed by action and leverage.
Today CIVIC joins humanitarian, human rights, and civilian protection groups in calling on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to take immediate steps to protect civilians in Gaza.
Read the letter: civiliansinconflict.org/press-releases…
As the US keeps transfering weapons to Israel to be used in its military campaign in Gaza, a key question should be raised: what about US accountability?
Check out our report w/ Stimson Center on how to rethink accountability in the US security sector:
civiliansinconflict.org/publications/r…
CIVIC welcomes the announcement by the Ministerie van Defensie of a new mechanism to directly report civilian harm in armed conflict, whether the Netherlands is acting on its own or in coalitions.
Now the efficacy of the structure will depend on its implementation.
rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kam…
As the US keeps transfering weapons to Israel to be used in its military campaign in Gaza, a key question should be raised: what about US accountability?
Check out our report w/ Stimson Center on how to rethink accountability in the US security sector:
civiliansinconflict.org/publications/r…
How can the U.S. assess its security assistance to #Israel ?
John Ramming Chappell and Hassan El-Tayyab write that Senator Bernie Sanders' recent resolution offers a pathway to consider the role U.S. weapons are playing in devastating harm to civilians in #Gaza .
justsecurity.org/90716/senator-…
Read my latest Just Security piece with FCNL (Quakers)'s Hassan El-Tayyab -- we discuss Bernie Sanders's important new resolution to require a report on Israel's human rights record under Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance. 1/
Today, CIVIC and 23 Somali and international organizations wrote to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III requesting amends for US-caused civilian harm in Somalia.
Read the full letter: civiliansinconflict.org/press-releases…
24 humanitarian groups - CIVIC Victim Advocates International Human Rights Watch Amnesty International USA HumanRightsInstitute Zomia Center Airwars Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders CSHRDs Reprieve US Marginalized Communities Advocacy Network ( MCAN) Kalkal Human Rights Development Organization🇸🇴 Juba Aid For Peace and Development Organization JUBALAND YOUTH LEADERS et al. - call on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to make amends for civilian harm in #Somalia . Full story The Intercept
Israel's deliberate use of starvation as a weapon in Gaza is a war crime. New Human Rights Watch report on Israel's blockade & its willful impeding of aid, which alongside widespread destruction, is depriving civilians of objects indispensable to their survival. hrw.org/news/2023/12/1…
Despite multiple calls to warring parties to take precautions to spare civilians in Gaza, the number of civilian casualties has risen to levels never seen before.
This must stop.
CIVIC is calling on world leaders to take all the necessary actions to reach a #Ceasefirenow .