Research
Research activities carried out by UNETCHAC
The Network has established a 'club of friends' of the Network with the college of law at the American University of Iraq Baghdad.
The club's fundamental objective is to promote research, collaboration, and education on the protection of children affected by armed conflicts. It also aims to foster the development of a community of students, professors and institutions committed to safeguarding the rights and well-being of children in war-affected areas.
The Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict continues to support the involvement in its activities of young people who come from different countries and continents, and some of them from conflict zones.
The YouthNet International Mediators for long-lasting Peace and Security project has placed young people at the centre. Students involved in the activities have also developed important outcomes, including the drafting of the Manifesto “Advancing the Agenda of UNSC Resolution 1325 and Related Legal Frameworks”, and the realization of podcasts focusing on key themes relating to mediation, protection of children in armed conflict and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
The like-minded CAAC working groups are engaged in research focused on issues related to international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international criminal law.
The Network has additionally established two new groups of experts researching on two truly sensitive issues.
The outcomes will be made public in two distinct reports that are planned to be released in 2026.
- Working group of experts of the network on OHCHR. Calls for inputs for Addendum to General Reccomendation No. 30 (2013) on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post conflict situations in relation to the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.
- Working group of experts of the network on climate change and children in armed conflict.
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CRIMES AGAINST OR AFFECTING CHILDREN
A Renewal of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor 2016 Policy on Children (analysis and recommendations)
Working Group of Experts
Team Leaders
Laura Guercio
Paolina Massidda
Working Group
Ahmed Al-Fatlawi
Stefano Dominelli
Olena Krytska
Kito Masimango
Fausto Pocar
Domenico Rosani
Silvia Scarpa
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EUROPEAN UNION, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
Report on the European Union Guidelines on the promotion of compliance with International Humanitarian Law
Coordinators
Laura Guercio
Fausto Pocar
Working Group
Francesca Capone
Stefano Dominelli
Giovanna Gnerre Landini
Giuseppe Martinico
Domenico Rosani
Silvia Scarpa
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS
A Study on Relevant National Criminal Law in Europe and on Child Refugees’ Protection
Responsible of the Project
Laura Guercio
Scientific Committee
Laura Guercio
Stefano Dominelli
Silvia Scarpa
Settimio Stallone
Participants
Pejman Abdolmohammadi
Giulio Adilardi
Marion Bedi-Visschers
Francesca Capone
Giuseppe Cataldi
Stefano Dominelli
Maria Caterina Federici
Jan Marie Fritz
Bahtije Gërbeshi
Laura Guercio
Margareth Helfer
Amina Maneggia
Domenico Rosani
Annamaria Rufino
Silvia Scarpa
Settimio Stallone
Stefan Tapeiner
Yvonne Vissing
Working Group activities
Simona Lanzellotto
Giovanna Gnerre Landini
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Like-Minded CAAC Working Groups – UNETCHAC
Coordination of activities
Giovanna Gnerre Landini
Laura Guercio
Simona Lanzellotto
Working Group on “Children’s right to education in armed conflict”
Harold Assou-Dodji
Sophia de Berardinis
Geri Goga
Samanda Kortoçi
Working Group on “Children in armed conflict, forced displacement and asylum”
Riyad Al-Saudi
Vitoria Rosso
Liliann Saudii
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Like-Minded CAAC Working Groups – UNETCHAC
Research groups in which students who have taken part in activities and training courses promoted by the Network participate.
Coordination of activities
Giovanna Gnerre Landini
Laura Guercio
Simona Lanzellotto
Working Group on “Children’s Right to Education in Armed Conflict”
Harold Assou-Dodji
Sophia de Berardinis
Geri Goga
Samanda Kortoçi
Working Group on “Children in Armed Conflict, Forced Displacement and Asylum”
Riyad Al-Saudi
Vitoria Rosso
Liliann Saudi
Working Group on “Children in Armed Conflict, International Justice and Accountability”
Sara Buba
Melis Demiroz
Somidha Ray
Juho Toppari
Alessandra Vicari
Tania Voinea
Mwangati Whenda-Bhose