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ANNUAL REPORT Letter from the Board Chair Letter from the Executive Director 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Letter from the Board Chair Letter from the Executive Director Dear Friends, assistance. We deepened our engagement based approach is urgently needed to Friends, our implementation. We are refining our with governments, militaries, and protect the lives and livelihoods of civilians Over the past fifteen years, our model has protection tools while devising new ones. In 2003, with a handful of donations and communities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, caught in the middle. From 1 passionate humanitarian activist to a evolved and our presence and impact in We are keeping our focus on civilians as we the deep conviction that civilians in conflict and Nigeria. We expanded our work to dedicated global team of 66 by the end of conflict-affected countries and communities review our work through the lens of gender deserve to be treated with dignity, CIVIC’s new geographies, including Yemen and the Thank you for standing with civilians. 2018 – and still growing. has grown. The first-rate research we dynamics and strengthen our ability to monitor, late founder Marla Ruzicka created the Sahel. Our teams in Washington, New York, conduct in the field informs the policy evaluate, and learn from past progress. We are “Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict,” and Geneva informed significant protection Thank you for standing with CIVIC. From a singular vision – amends – to four recommendations we see adopted from building new partnerships, reinforcing existing or “CIVIC.” First in Afghanistan and later in policies, statements, and resolutions pillars: recognize, prevent, protect, and amend. Afghanistan to Ukraine. From Nigeria to ones, and bringing our evidence-based committing key states and international Iraq, military security forces are utilizing and approach to new places. Iraq, Marla witnessed how civilians harmed From two conflict zones to nearly one dozen. in conflict were neither acknowledged organizations to prioritize the protection of implementing our training and education nor offered amends. She called on the civilians in conflict. CIVIC’s expanding expert There are many ways to measure the past material. On behalf of the entire CIVIC team – both past U.S. military and its coalition partners to staff allowed us to apply a gender lens to fifteen years of CIVIC. and present – thank you for being part of our commit to better protection of civilians in our programming, to develop specialized In 2018, after years of dedicated advocacy, incredible journey to better protect civilians in conflict zones, and when harm did occur, military training modules and protection CIVIC contributed to a major breakthrough: conflict. We are honored by your support and Susan Osnos I see our history as a journey of many stages she asserted that civilians were entitled to assessments, and to bolster our monitoring, the UN Secretary-General called on each look forward to continuing to improve the lives Board Chair, CIVIC – each of them necessary to building the financial compensation. evaluation, and learning capacity. The dynamic organization we are today. In 2003, and every Member state to adopt a national of civilians well into the future. leadership on CIVIC’s Board grew as well as our founder, Marla Ruzicka, set our long- civilian protection policy. We also saw inspiring Fifteen years later, though our name has we welcomed former High Commissioner for term vision of a world in which civilians in progress in our community engagement Thank you, changed, we honor our founder’s legacy Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, conflict are not seen as “collateral damage” efforts as civilians in Afghanistan successfully with an unwavering commitment to better and South African writer and activist, Sisonke but as human beings with rights and negotiated concrete measures for their own protection of the estimated 50 million civilians Msimang, to help guide CIVIC’s vision for dignity. Following Marla’s tragic death, my protection from the Taliban and Afghan forces. living in conflict zones across the globe. To 2019 and beyond. predecessor, Sarah Holewinski built both a that end we have developed sophisticated team and an entire discipline – civilian harm Over the past fifteen years, we have built global advocacy and outreach to decision- When I reflect on the past fifteen years of mitigation – and proceeded to demonstrate its a diverse and committed team of experts, makers in all the areas where we work. CIVIC’s work, I’m deeply inspired by how value in places like Afghanistan and Somalia. advisors, and advocates. Thanks to you, our the determination of one individual sparked When I joined CIVIC in 2014, we increased supporters and partners, CIVIC is ready for the Federico Borello With your support, in 2018 CIVIC reached a global organization. With your support, efforts to build the protection capacities of next stage of our journey. As an increasing Executive Director more conflict-affected civilians than our impact will continue to grow over the local actors in countries experiencing conflict, number of conflicts around the world trap Center for Civilians in Conflict ever before with our unique approach next fifteen years and beyond. As conflicts while ratcheting up our global advocacy for a more civilians in their midst, we are deepening to research, advocacy, and technical proliferate worldwide, CIVIC’s evidence- higher standard of protection. our programmatic approach and broadening Cover Photo: Noorullah Shirzada 1 15 YEARS OF CIVIC 2005 2007 In April 2005, Marla and her driver, Faiz CIVIC issues its 2008 2004 Al Salaam, are killed by a suicide bomber 2006 first Annual Report, CIVIC is selected in Baghdad, Iraq, while advocating for Advocating for for special In a C-SPAN interview by Paul the rights of civilian war victims. Later One year after Civilian Victims of consultative status 2003 Orgel, Marla shares CIVIC’s work in that year, U.S. President George W. Bush Marla’s death, CIVIC Armed Conflict. At with the NGO In April 2003, Afghanistan and Iraq and advocates signs legislation to rename the civilian war publishes its first the time, CIVIC was Committee of the CIVIC is founded for increased U.S. assistance for victims fund to the “Marla Ruzicka Iraqi op-ed, “The True comprised of two Economic and as the Campaign civilian victims of war. War Victims Fund.” Cost of War,” which full-time staffers Social Council, or for Innocent appears in The with an annual ECOSOC, at the Washington Post. budget of $250,000. United Nations. Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) by Marla Ruzicka, a 2011 young activist and In his report on humanitarian alarmed Somalia, then-UN by the U.S. military’s 2012 Secretary General 2010 2009 CIVIC publishes failure to account for Ban Ki-moon CIVIC rebrands from the “Campaign for On July 7, 2010, following years of advocacy by CIVIC on its first report, civilian casualties in mentions CIVIC’s Innocent Victims in Conflict” to “Center amends, Patrick Mugoya, Permanent Representative of Losing the People: Iraq. CIVIC assembles report Civilian Harm 2018 for Civilians in Conflict” to capture the Uganda to the UN, states during the ninth open debate on The Costs and As the culmination of years of 160 surveyors to go 2013 in Somalia: Creating U.S. Ambassador to broadened scope of our work while Protection of Civilians (POC) that he “encourage[s] Member Consequences of dedicated advocacy, the UN door-to-door and an Appropriate the UN Samantha maintaining our focus on civilians. States to embrace the concept of making amends, not Civilian Suffering in Secretary-General called on analyze the civilian cost Response and its of the conflict. Power writes a because there is any legal obligation2010 to do so, but simply in Afghanistan. each and every Member State letter commending recommendation to the interest of mitigating suffering.” This marks the first time to adopt a national policy on CIVIC on its civilian establish a civilian that CIVIC’s language is used in a UN debate. the protection of civilians. protection work, Following numerous harm tracking cell. noting “[CIVIC] interviews with is helping to lay ISAF, NATO, to rest one of the and U.S. military 2017 most unfortunate 2014 personnel, as 2015 2016 CIVIC sees continued global phrases in the well as civilian growth with the launch In a landmark year, English language – analysts and CIVIC establishes two of five separate country CIVIC issues four ‘collateral damage’ representatives field offices in Nigeria, offices in Mali, Iraq, Yemen, research reports in – and replace it with of international first in Abuja and later Afghanistan, and the addition to its first the recognition that organizations and in Maiduguri. Later that issuance of eight research strategic plan, Standing – when touched by non-governmental year, CIVIC releases its publications, including our with Civilians: Growing conflict – people organizations, first report from Ukraine, first report2017 from Yemen, We our Impact 2015 – 2017, just like us – and CIVIC releases We Are Afraid of Silence: Lived Days in Hell: Civilian outlining how CIVIC families just like Civilian Harm Protecting Civilians in the Perspectives on the Conflict will respond to the our own – need Tracking: Analysis Donbass Region. in Yemen. protection and of ISAF Efforts in increasing demand for deserve justice.” Afghanistan. its expertise. 3 RECOGNIZE. PREVENT. PROTECT. AMEND. CONTENTS Letter from Board Chair Letter from Executive Director 1 15 Years of CIVIC 2 Where We Work (Map) 6 How We Work 8 Our Approach 10 Who We Are 11 Africa Program 12 United States Program 18 Peacekeeping Program 20 United Nations Program 24 Europe Program 28 MENA and South Asia Program 34 Financial Statements 38 Reports and Publications 40 Supporters and Team 42 5 UN Photo/Marco Dormino WHERE WE WORK United States CIVIC advocated for strengthened legislation and policies that require the U.S.
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