By Udo Jude Ilo The world has continued to demonstrate an outpouring of solidarity for the people of Ukraine and its leaders since Russia launched its illegal full-scale invasion on the country in February 2022. This overwhelming support has demonstrated what the world can do when countries and communities rally behind a cause. While nearly…
As the war in Ukraine drags on, we continue to witness abuses against civilians and entire cities being razed to the ground. Elsewhere too, civilians are being slaughtered and starved with complete impunity such as in northern Ethiopia,or killed during security operations in Mali.Today, one-quarter of the world’s population lives in a conflict zone as…
After walking 10 hours carrying the dead body, Hadi Juma’aan needed to rest. Far from where his car had failed in the mountains between the northern Yemeni provinces of Amran and al-Jawf, without mobile phone service, Juma’aan closed his eyes and waited for morning to come. A few hours later, before sunrise, he awoke in…
CIVIC is among a strong coalition of nonprofit organizations calling on French MPs help to strengthen parliamentary control over arms sales in order to reduce the impact of conflict on civilians in Yemen. Read the Letter CIVIC a rejoint l’appel de 16 ONGs appelant les parlementaires français à agir pour mettre fin aux…
Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo took a turn for the worse in 2017 and the New Year is unlikely to bring much relief to Congolese civilians.
CIVIC has joined 18 members of the NGO community in issuing a joint letter to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calling for the US to use all diplomatic means to end the blockade in Yemen. As a member of the Quint grouping on Yemen and as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, the…
CIVIC’s Sahr Muhammedally delivered a statement from the International Network on Explosive Weapons to the UN General Assembly’s First Committee on International Security and Disarmament on Monday. Thank you for the opportunity to address the First Committee today on behalf of the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW). I will lay out our concerns over the…
In this episode of Intercross the Podcast, we are joined by Interaction‘s Director of Protection Jenny McAvoy and Center for Civilians in Conflict’s (CIVIC) Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, Sahr Muhammedally. Nearly 50 million civilians are affected by urban warfare, mostly in the countries of Yemen, Syria and Iraq. As warfare moves more and more…
As part of our expanded online presence and making our work more accessible, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) will be posting occasional updates to our various programs. Our US program, which is helmed by Special Advisor, Daniel R. Mahanty, is the first one. We hope you find it useful as a snapshot of our work around the world to protect civilians trapped in conflict.