📍 Location: University of Geneva – Uni Mail, Room M1193
📅 Date: Thursday, 19 March 2026
⏰ Time: 18:00 – 20:00 CET
💻 Format: Hybrid (in-person and online)
🔗 Register here:
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IHLYI is organizing a roundtable bringing together youth activists, researchers, and policy stakeholders to discuss the role of youth in armed conflicts and how their voices can be better represented in international decision-making processes.
#YPS #CSP12 #ATT
📢 Roundtable | The Role of Youth in Armed Conflicts
From Conflict Zones to Geneva: How Can Young People Bring Their Voices to the International Stage?
#YPS #WPS #CSP12 #ATT 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
IHLYI looks forward to strengthening this partnership, advancing nuclear disarmament, and empowering youth in global security efforts — building a safer and more humane future. 🌍✨
A particularly memorable moment: taking a photo with the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to @nuclearban.bsky.social
in 2017 for its global efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons. 🏆
This partnership comes at a time of growing political and security challenges in the region, emphasizing the urgent need for global & regional cooperation to reduce escalation risks and protect civilians. @nuclearban.bsky.social
The discussion explored ways to:
•Strengthen youth and civil society roles in nuclear disarmament
•Highlight humanitarian consequences of #nuclearweapons
•Coordinate advocacy within international and multilateral spaces
On 4 March 2026, our team held a joint roundtable meeting with @nuclearban.bsky.social
to discuss a shared advocacy strategy on nuclear disarmament, focusing on the Middle East & North Africa #MENA region.
We are excited to announce that the IHLYI
has signed a partnership with the @nuclearban.bsky.social
🌍🤝👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Box IV we emphasized the importance of governance safeguards across the system lifecycle including
• Weapons legal reviews
• Testing evaluation and training
• Addressing algorithmic bias
• Strengthening transparency documentation and mechanisms for accountability.
In our comments on Box II and III, we focused on: The full applicability of international humanitarian law to autonomous weapons systems.
• The necessity of context-appropriate human judgment and control.
#CCW #GEEonLAWS
We deliver oral intervention emphasizing the importance of human control and accountability in the use of force, while highlighting remaining gaps that need to be addressed to ensure civilian protection and human rights.
#GGEonLAWS #LAWS
Last week, the IHLYI participated in discussions on the circulating text during the meetings of the Group of Governmental Experts on #LethalAutonomousWeaponsSystems #GEEonLAWS #CCW 👇🏻👇🏻
Young people in the region deserve peace not more war.
Amid rising tensions between #Iran and #Israel and positions associated with the #US we reaffirm that the protection of civilians is a legal obligation that cannot be ignored Security cannot be built through bombardment but through respect for #IHL and protection of human life
Escalating hostilities in the #MiddleEast are putting civilians at grave risk and undermining the future of young people across the region Youth are paying the price for conflicts they did not start while their access to safety education employment and dignity continues to erode.
✨ Panels:
⚡ Iran’s 2022 Protests, Gender-Neutral Laws, Youth in Disarmament & WPS in the Horn of Africa
⚡ Transnational Care in Sudan, Baloch Mobilization, Digital Anti-Corruption, Neoliberal Narratives & Post-Coup Myanmar
Following our Joint Article, IHLYI & LUISS Women in International Affairs invite you to a live eConference bringing scholars together to discuss political agency across four continents.
📅 27 Feb 2026
⏰ 14:00 CET
💻 link after registration
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🚀 From Publication to Dialogue: Join our Follow-Up eConference on Women’s & Youth Leadership! #YPS
In December, @undppa.bsky.social /PBSO and co-chair CMI convened the third annual CSO–UN Dialogue on Peacebuilding, led by 13 civil society actors. Bringing together over 200 participants to advance whole-of-system approaches to peacebuilding and sustaining peace #YearInReview
This experience reaffirmed the essential role of youth in shaping peace security and disarmament agendas demonstrating that young people are not merely observers but active agents of change capable of creating tangible impact at regional, and global levels #Youth4Disarmament
IHLYI also Co-facilitated the closing plenary session, guiding the discussion and designing Plenary Poll Questions that engaged more than 100 participants and fostered meaningful dialogue across diverse regions and perspectives.
#YPS
IHLYI actively engaged in sub-group discussions, sharing practical insights and highlighting its #YOUTH4ATT campaign, which underscores the critical role of youth in advancing the universalization and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty
#YPS
@ihlyi.bsky.social
participated in the virtual Youth Consultation on Disarmament organized by @UNODA and @unpeacebuilding.bsky.social
The consultation convened youth worldwide to exchange experiences and recommendations to the Second Independent Progress Study on #YPS
🚨 IT’S OUT! 🚨
Our first joint publication “Power and Representation in Global Political and Social Transformations” is live! 🎉
A global collaboration between LUISS Women in International Affairs & IHLYI.
📖 Read/download
www.academia.edu/164782016/Jo...
7- 📅 20 February 2026 | 13:00 CET
Stay tuned — the wait is almost over. ✨
6- From the coastlines of #Brazil to the peaks of #Nepal and from #Thailand’s borderlands to the heart of #Sudan’s conflict these contributions bring grounded perspectives on power, agency, and change 🌍
5- The selected articles explore diverse themes, including:
• Power, media & cultural representation
• Global justice & postcoloniality
• Social movements, law & identity
• Women’s & youth leadership in transformation
4-At the core of this publication is our Call for Papers:
“Global Political and Social Transformations: Women’s & Youth Leadership in Shaping the Future.”
The response was inspiring — bringing together students, researchers, young professionals, and independent scholars.
3-This joint project between Luiss Women in International Affairs and International Humanitarian Law Youth Initiative aims to strengthen youth engagement, academic collaboration, and inclusive dialogue across international relations, social transformation, and peacebuilding.
