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Author: Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie is a Research Fellow at the International Peace Institute.
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  • Leaders Agree on Immunity for Themselves During Expansion of African Court

    July 23, 2014by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    At its 23rd summit, the African Union formalized the extension of the new African Court of Justice and Human Rights’ jurisdiction. But some of the court’s new characteristics create some challenges.

    Analysisafrica, justice, rule-of-law
  • As CAR Peacekeeping Prepares to Expand, National Commitment Could Prevent Past Mistakes

    March 26, 2014by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    Sustainable peace and stability in CAR will remain as elusive as in the past unless national actors demonstrate real political commitment to ending the crisis.

    Analysisafrica, central-african-republic, fragile-states, peacekeeping
  • African Leaders Speak With One Voice, But On Whose Behalf?

    February 26, 2014by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    At the African Union summit in January, leaders affirmed their commitment to speak with one voice, but on whose behalf—those leaders and their political interests, or the African people?

    Analysisafrica, human-rights
  • The Crisis in the Central African Republic: Will a Woman at the Helm Be Enough?

    January 27, 2014by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie and Youssef Mahmoud

    The election of new interim president Catherine Samba-Panza brings fresh hopes to CAR, but without support from CAR nationals, regional actors, and the international community, the problems will remain insurmountable.

    Analysisafrica, central-african-republic, women-peace-and-security
  • Africa and the International Criminal Court: Supportive African Voices Needed

    November 25, 2013by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    AU and African leaders need to balance the needs of a united Africa with a responsibility to avoid Africa’s marginalization on the international stage and to prevent impunity for political considerations.

    Analysisafrica, justice
  • International Criminal Justice in Africa: Wanting More to Celebrate

    July 25, 2013by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    Simmering tensions between African leaders and the international community over the ICC are preventing the implementation of international criminal justice in Africa.

    Analysisafrica, justice
  • For Progress In Mali and the Sahel, Local Governance Cannot Be Ignored

    March 5, 2013by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    Making and building peace in northern Mali will require more than the use of force.

    Analysismali, peacebuilding, sahel
  • Waging Peace in Eastern Congo

    December 17, 2012by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    Regional efforts to find a solution in the DRC should be supported and accompanied by efforts to mitigate regional rivalries and other challenges.

    Analysisafrica, democratic-republic-of-the-congo, rebel-groups
  • Negotiating Peace in the Sudans: The Addis Ababa Agreement

    October 9, 2012by Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    Cooperation between the African Union and the Security Council helped lead to an agreement that addresses many issues but leaves ones like Abyei unresolved.

    Analysisafrica
  • New Approach Needed in the Sahel Say UN Ambassadors, Experts

    September 12, 2012by Chris Perry and Mireille Affa'a-Mindzie

    The crisis in the Sahel will not end unless new responses depart from the traditional “business-as-usual” approach.

    Analysisafrica, fragile-states, rebel-groups, sahel
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  • Why Congo’s M23 Crisis Lingers On

    May 30, 2023by Judith Verweijen and Christoph Vogel

    The conflict has been propped up by blame games, ineffective diplomacy, recurring geopolitical tensions and proxy warfare in the Great Lakes region, and the Congolese state’s weak commitment to addressing grievances that drive armed group proliferation.

    Analysisafrica, conflict
  • China’s Small Steps into UN Peacekeeping Are Adding Up

    May 24, 2023by Courtney J. Fung

    China will likely continue to shape peacekeeping along its preferences for a more technical and less overt political foreign policy tool.

    Analysispeacekeeping, unpkat75, united-nations

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  • As UN Missions Draw Down, Strengthening Community-Led Approaches to Protection of Civilians

    May 23, 2023by Gay Rosenblum-Kumar

    UN mission transitions still result in gaps in the protection of civilians experiencing violent conflict.

    Analysispeacekeeping, protection-of-civilians
  • Human Survival Depends on Biodiversity: Interview with Brad Cardinale

    May 22, 2023by Jill Stoddard

    Brad Cardinale, an ecologist who focuses on the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in natural systems discusses the scale and irreversibility of the biodiversity crisis.

    Interviewsbiodiversity, climate-change, ecology
  • Mediation in Peacekeeping Contexts: Trends and Challenges for Mission Leadership

    May 19, 2023by Sara Hellmüller and Flavia Keller

    The political role of the UN may not have diminished overall, but shifted.

    Analysispeacekeeping, unpkat75, united-nations
  • How Not to Do UN Peacekeeping

    May 17, 2023by Cedric de Coning

    One of the most enduring lessons learned over the past 75 years of peacekeeping is that peace cannot be imposed.

    Analysispeacekeeping, unpkat75, united-nations
  • 75 Years On, the Uncertain Fate of UN Peacekeeping

    May 16, 2023by Jenna Russo

    This spring marks 75 years since the UN first deployed a peacekeeping mission. Here are some of the challenges peacekeeping is facing, and opportunities for the future.

    Analysispeacekeeping, unpkat75, united-nations
  • Ten Years After Genocide Trial in Guatemala, Justice System Suffering Trust Deficit

    May 10, 2023by Vaclav Masek

    The ten-year anniversary of the historic trial coincides with a process of erosion in judicial independence in the country.

    Analysisamericas, rule-of-law, transitional-justice
  • As Crimes against Peacekeepers Increase, How to Find Accountability

    May 4, 2023by Agathe Sarfati and Jill Stoddard

    Major challenges remain in pursuing justice for peacekeepers who have been victims of attacks.

    Analysispeacekeeping
  • A New Agenda for Peace: Making Peace Plural and Healing Historical Traumas

    April 27, 2023by Youssef Mahmoud

    Left unaddressed, painful legacies of past political violence will continue to infiltrate the institutions, processes, and assumptions that inform definitions of peace and approaches to sustaining peace.

    Analysispeace-and-security, sustaining-peace, united-nations
  • Small Changes, Big Impacts: WPS Achievements in Contingent Owned Equipment Manual Negotiations

    April 18, 2023by Phoebe Donnelly

    Updates to the COE manual addressing some of the particular obstacles faced by women peacekeepers are a tangible step toward meeting gender parity goals in UN peacekeeping operations.

    Analysispeacekeeping, women-peace-and-security
  • Wagner Group Poses Fundamental Challenges for the Protection of Civilians by UN Peacekeeping Operations

    March 20, 2023by Dirk Druet

    The Russian government-affiliated Wagner Group has gained widespread attention for its brutal tactics in the Central African Republic and Mali.

    Analysisafrica, peacekeeping, protection-of-civilians
  • Addressing Gender Bias to Achieve Ethical AI

    March 17, 2023by Ardra Manasi, Subadra Panchanadeswaran, and Emily Sours

    For AI to be ethical and be a vehicle for the common good, it needs to eliminate any explicit and implicit biases, including on the gender front.

    Analysistechnology
  • Future Peace Deal Not Just About Putin, Zelensky: Ukrainian People Get a Voice and a Vote

    March 8, 2023by William Partlett

    A stable peace deal requires the support of the Ukrainian people for both legal and political reasons.

    Analysisconflict, eastern-europe, peace-processes
  • Do People Trust the UN? A Look at the Data

    February 22, 2023by Albert Trithart and Olivia Case

    Survey data does not reveal a major, widespread drop in the UN’s legitimacy over the past few years.

    Analysismultilateralism, united-nations
  • After Agreement in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, What Stands in the Way of Lasting Peace? 

    February 7, 2023by Hilary Matfess and Anne Lauder

    A peace deal between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian government signed in November 2022 raised hopes that the war in northern Ethiopia—one of the world’s deadliest conflicts in recent years—was finally drawing to a close.

    Analysisafrica, conflict, peace-processes
  • The Multilateralism Index: Measuring Transformation in a Time of Crisis and Uncertainty

    January 9, 2023by Adam Lupel

    A better understanding is needed of where the multilateral system is working, where it is not, and where it is headed.

    Analysismultilateralism
  • Does the UN Need a More Coherent Approach Toward “De Facto” Authorities?

    January 6, 2023by Damian Lilly

    As a result of shifting dynamics in certain conflicts, as well as recent coups, the UN is having to engage with de facto authorities in a growing number of country contexts.

    Analysisunited-nations
  • Milestone in the Security Council: What the New Humanitarian “Carve-out” Means for UN Sanctions Regimes

    December 16, 2022by Naureen Chowdhury Fink and Agathe Sarfati 

    Last week,  the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 2664, a cross-cutting humanitarian carve-out for all UN sanctions regimes–including the 1267 ISIL/al-Qaida regime–to safeguard the timely and effective conduct of humanitarian activities.

    Analysishumanitarian, security-council, terrorism
  • The East African Community Steps into the Crisis in the DRC. Will It Help?

    December 12, 2022by Jenna Russo

    While the current crisis is unlikely to be resolved without military force, any hope for success requires that operations remain closely tied to a political process, and that neighboring countries remain accountable to support the security and sovereignty of the DRC.

    Analysisafrica, conflict
  • The Securitization of Gender: A Primer

    October 11, 2022by Gretchen Baldwin and Taylor Hynes

    WPS advocates must not allow gender to be instrumentalized within hypermasculine, hypermilitarized, and over-securitized approaches to security.

    Analysiswomen-peace-and-security, wpsat22
  • A Crisis of Consent in UN Peace Operations

    August 2, 2022by Anjali Dayal

    Last week, at least 15 people died in protests demanding UN peacekeepers leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The week before, the military junta ruling Mali halted troop rotations for the UN mission there and ejected the mission’s deputy spokesperson. These incidents highlight…

    Analysisafrica, peacekeeping, united-nations

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