UN Security Council Chamber
DCI and 16 other non-governmental organisations called on the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, to publish a complete list of perpetrators of grave violations against children in the 2026 Annual Report on Children in Armed Conflict (CAAC).
This year’s report must include a complete list of perpetrators that accurately reflects the data collected and verified by the UN Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM). The MRM, the annual CAAC report, and its annexed list of perpetrators constitute a crucial foundation for strengthening the protection of children, ending and preventing violations, promoting compliance with international law, and advancing accountability.
All parties to conflict responsible for committing a pattern of grave violations against children must be listed in the report’s annexes, in accordance with the criteria set out in the 2010 CAAC Annual Report (S/2010/181). Furthermore, parties should only be de-listed once they have signed and fully implemented an action plan to end and prevent grave violations against children and have ceased committing the violation(s) for which they are listed for at least one full reporting cycle, in line with the 2010 criteria.
As this year’s report is finalised, we urge the Secretary-General to implement the recommendations made by the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict in its “Credible List” policy note, published in April 2026.