New York, September 29, 2025 — As high-level week of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) nears its conclusion in N

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CIVIC recognizes the impact that climate change can have on conflict, and on the civilians who bear its brunt

New York & The Hague, 4 July 2023 - Following the UN Security Council’s decision to approve a rapid withdrawal of the UN Multidimensional Integrat

  June 23, 2023, Geneva & The Hague - Following new waves of deadly attacks against civilians by armed actors and growing fears of a deepenin

  May 16, 2023, Washington, D.C. & The Hague – The conclusions of the UN’s fact-finding mission into the killing of hundreds of civilians in

  Goma, DRC/ The Hague, NL, Novembre 8, 2022 – As renewed fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese military (FARDC) continues to di

  Goma, DRC/ The Hague, NL, July 28, 2022 – As major protests against the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) c

  The Hague, NL, June 22, 2022 – Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) strongly condemns the killing of 132 civilians in Bankass, central Mali

  Goma, DR Congo, June 7, 2022 – In light of increasing tensions between several countries in the Great Lakes region and a recent uptick in viole