![]() Understanding and Approaching Children and Armed ConflictĪs a child protection expert and former International Law Officer for the UN, Ms. Binali further highlighted the importance of addressing CAAC for NATO as a “moral imperative, a legal responsibility, and a question of international peace and security”. Binali explained the working practices and procedures within NATO that address CAAC, including the information sharing, supportive activities to the monitoring and reporting mechanism, and how records are archived and retained. Binali further explained how CAAC is built into NATO operations, trainings and evaluations as well as the different considerations NATO needs to account for in its approach to CAAC. He further stressed the need to balance commitment with resourcing, to ensure that missions tasked with a clear CAAC mandate are allocated the necessary resources to proceed accordingly.īuilding upon Lieutenant Colonel Gonzalez’s presentation, Ms. ![]() Lieutenant Colonel Gonzalez described how NATO supports UN monitoring and reporting mechanisms on CAAC and how the UN resolutions are integrated into NATO’s planning, operations and missions, education, trainings, exercises and evaluation. He explained NATO’s role as a child protection actor, alongside the international community, and its commitment to the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions on the protection of children in armed conflict. Lieutenant Colonel Gonzalez opened the Deep Dive session with an overview of how NATO addresses CAAC through its mandates and guidance documents. James Denselow, the Head of Conflict, Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy at Save the Children UK. Aysegul Binali, a Humanitarian Affairs Officer and Alternate GENAD at NATO’s Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), Major Jason Wright, a Human Security Officer from the 77th Brigade in the UK Army and Mr. ![]() Subject matter expertise was provided by Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Gonzalez, a Conflict Advisor at SHAPE, Ms. ![]()
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