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| Formation | March 2000 |
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| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Non-profit making organization[1] |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
General Director | Alain Délétroz |
| Staff | 250 staff (2022) |
| Website | http://www.genevacall.org |
Geneva Call is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is currently focusing its efforts on banning the use of anti-personnel mines,[2] protecting children from the effects of armed conflict,[3] prohibiting sexual violence in armed conflict,[4] working towards the elimination of gender discrimination and building armed non-State actors’ knowledge and implementation of broad International Humanitarian Law (IHL) rules.
Since 2015 it has been studying the protection of cultural heritage in conflicts involving armed non-state actors (ANSAs), which comprise the majority of current armed conflicts worldwide.[5]
In 2018, Geneva Call started engaging ANSAs on the topics of displacement and medical care.[6][7]
Since 2021, the NGO has broadened its scope and has started to engage ANSAs on the prevention of starvation and conflict-related food insecurity.[8]
- ^ Non-profit making Foundation, Geneva Call, 2014
- ^ "How to keep armed groups from using land mines". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Joint NGO Statement Made at the Informal Meeting of the General Assembly "20 Years for Children Affected by Conflict"". Humanium. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ ""SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT CAN BE PREVENTED," SAYS ICRC CONFERENCE". JusticeInfo.net. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Lostal, Marina; Hausler, Kristin; Bongard, Pascal (2017). "Armed Non-State Actors and Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict". International Journal of Cultural Property. 24 (4): 407–427. doi:10.1017/S0940739117000200. ISSN 0940-7391. S2CID 159948434.
- ^ Geneva Call (June 28, 2022). "What we do". www.genevacall.org. Geneva Call. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ "Engaging Armed Non-State Actors in Protecting Health in Conflict". Safeguarding Health in Conflict. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Protecting the humanitarian space means protecting WFP’s humanitarian work – side event on political and operational ways to safeguarding humanitarian action", World Food Programme, 2022.