Geneva Call

Geneva Call’s activities in Afghanistan
– Deepened engagement: Geneva Call is leading direct humanitarian engagement with armed organisations, with the objective of increasing its acceptance as a reliable and neutral actor promoting humanitarian norms.

– Extending outreach: Geneva Call is leading a series of indirect humanitarian engagement sessions with constituencies, including political parties, religious and tribal leaders and journalists to advance awareness of international humanitarian norms. These sessions open direct humanitarian engagement with armed organisations focusing on the protection of education, medical care and humanitarian access.

– Engagement initiated: Geneva Call presented its approach to support the ban on AP Mines to two armed organisations by promoting the Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action.

– Adapting to the context: Geneva Call initiated the development of educational materials to be used during training sessions and awareness raising campaigns. These include the development of a new phone App ‘conflict has rules too’ and linking the 15 rules for fighters in internal armed conflict to relevant Islamic references.