Fight for Humanity and the Centre on Armed Groups are pleased to release their summary report “Children’s Access to Essential Services: Perspectives and Practices of Non-State Armed Groups and De Facto Authorities”. The report forms part of a research funded by the European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) that investigates the perceptions, motives, and practices of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) and de facto authorities (DFAs) regarding children’s ac

Fight for Humanity is pleased to share its 2025 Annual Report. In 2025, Fight for Humanity and its partners continued to support initiatives promoting child protection, women’s rights, cultural heritage protection, social cohesion, and peaceful coexistence across 6 situations affected by armed conflict and violence. In 2025, amongst other achievements, Fight for Humanity: Contributed to child protection in Northeast Syria, supporting 200 at-risk and demobilised children and

On Tuesday, May 19, Fight for Humanity co-organized a panel discussion entitled “Colombia: A Forgotten Conflict? Truth, Reconciliation, and Local Initiatives” together with the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, and the City of Geneva. Bringing together more than 40 participants both in person and online, the event explored Colombia’s current peacebuilding challenges, ongoing reconciliation efforts, and the essential role of lo

Fight for Humanity is pleased to share its 2024 Annual Report. In 2024, together with a wide range of trusted partners, our organization implemented 13 projects across 6 situations of armed conflict and violence, marking a year of both growth and transition. In 2024, amongst other things, Fight for Humanity: Launched a reintegration and support programme in Northeast Syria for 200 children through vocational training and financial aid. It also trained security forces and l

Fight for Humanity is delighted to share its 2023 Annual Report. In 2023, Fight for Humanity and its partners: Undertook a participatory action research with three key armed and political movements or entities from northern and southern Yemen to understand the factors that can encourage them to promote the protection and participation rights of women and girls. Conducted a campaign through events, online campaigns, and advocacy to raise awareness on the final report of th

Fight for Humanity is pleased to release its 2022 Annual Report. In 2022, Fight for Humanity and its partners: Conducted a research study on the protection and participation of women in conflict zones in Myanmar. Provided support to 650 children in detention in Syria. Contributed to the promotion of greater social cohesion between ethno-religious communities in Northern Iraq, including the Mosul area. Led initiatives to end the recruitment of children in Syria. Promoted the p

In August 2022, Fight for Humanity completed a year-long project in partnership with Purity, Fight for Humanity’s local partner, and with the support of Medico International, to improve the detention conditions and advocate for the release of over 750 male adolescents in two detention centres in Northeast Syria. These children belong to families of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) living in camps. The children’s basic rights have been violated as local authorities l

Over the last two years, Fight for Humanity have conducted 4 awareness-raising campaigns in Northeast Syria, promoting the need to prevent child recruitment and to protect education and healthcare reaching more than 2 million people in the region online and offline through the distribution of posters, leaflets and booklets, and the dissemination of videos and key messages on social media.    Since late 2019, Fight for Humanity has been working in partnership with the United N

The sixth event of Fight for Humanity’s webinar series: “Detained children from ISIS-related families: how to protect their rights in North East Syria?”. On 22 December 2021, more than 60 participants attended the sixth edition of Fight for Humanity’s webinar series “first-hand views on human rights and peace” about the situation of detained children from families of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in North-East Syria (NES). Four panelists discussed the current status of

Around 700 detained children are trapped in the middle of an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against the prison of Ghuwayran in Hasake, Northeast Syria. In this centre, administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, around 5000 ISIS members were detained as well as 700 male teenagers that were separated from ISIS families held in al Hol camp. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack, launched on Thursday 20th January, an

Webinar series: first-hand views on human rights and peace Wednesday 22 December 2pm (CET) Geneva/Switzerland time 3pm Syria time and 8am (EST)  New York time >> Register for the event About the event Tens of thousands of children from ISIS-related families are currently held in camps in North East Syria. Of these children, more than 700 were separated and sent to detention centers, reportedly for security reasons. Protecting their rights in such a complex environment poses i

How to talk about 2020 without starting out with COVID-19? Yet, 2020 was so much more: it was our second year of existence during which we consolidated our work, but also, like many other organizations, faced the various challenges posed by the pandemic. Operationally, we streamlined our work into four main areas of human rights that we estimate especially important to support peace efforts: freedom from discrimination and the promotion of the rights of women and girls, chil

Watch the recording by clicking here and read the main conclusions and outcomes of the event by clicking here. On April 29, Fight for Humanity and Independent Diplomat co-organized a webinar on the prevention of recruitment of children by non-state armed actors. Five panelists including experts on children and armed conflict, diplomats, and representatives from non-state armed actors from Mali and Sudan discussed the challenges and progress made to protect children from use a

Webinar series: first-hand views on human rights and peace Event sponsored by Thursday 29 April - 14:00 CET – Webinar - To register click here. Language: English and interpretation into French Speakers: Ms Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Mr Attaye Ag Mohamed, Head of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Member of the Comité de Suivi de l’Accord, Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), Mali Dr Mohamed Salih Mohamed

Fight for Humanity is releasing a study presenting the lessons learned from the process of separation and reintegration of children from the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC-EP) in Colombia. Based on these lessons learned, it makes practical recommendations for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, which have committed to the United Nations to separate minors from their ranks. The

Since December 2019, Fight for Humanity has been working toward implementation of the ‘Action Plan to End and Prevent the Recruitment and Use of Children’ signed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the United Nations (UN). To make this agreement a reality in North East Syria, Fight for Humanity has been conducting advocacy initiatives and direct dialogue with the local armed and political actors. In addition to these activities, Fight for Humanity has also held 12 aware

2019 was an exciting year for Fight for Humanity. It should, as it was the first! Throughout the years working in and on conflict areas on humanitarian issues, mainly in areas of non-state or split control, we were challenged with the implementation gap on the ground. In fact, people in areas affected by violence and conflict, and especially in non-state areas, were “less equal” than others, as those controlling the areas were not considered as duty-bearers and were not inclu

In June 2019, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the United Nations (UN) signed an Action Plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children under the age of 18. Fight for Humanity is one of the UN partners implementing this Action Plan. After several high-level advocacy meetings, Fight for Humanity has conducted its first activities. Disseminating the content of the Action Plan Fight for Humanity recently held a first dissemination session on the content and obl

Fight for Humanity welcomes the signature by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Self-Administration of North East Syria (SA-NES) of the United Nations (UN) Action plan to End and Prevent the Recruitment and Use of Children. The ceremony took place on 29 June 2019 in Geneva in presence of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. Fight for Humanity participated in several meetings between the SDF/ SA-NES and the UN and as a