Ludmila Quirós on the civilian cost of urban operations against organized crime in Latin America.
Tag: protection of civilians
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Oo & Davies on Myanmar, conflict-related sexual violence, and ASEAN’s struggle to deliver on WPS commitments.
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Since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region on October 27th, there have been horrific reports of widespread atrocities, including killings in hospitals and mass burials, and satellite imagery shows the streets stained with blood. Thousands remain trapped in the city, and the UN has confirmed famine […]
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In recent years, global attention to the role of international arms transfers in harming civilians has soared. Much of this attention stems from the United States’ and other countries’ exports to Israel despite overwhelming evidence that Israel is using those weapons to kill civilians and destroy civilian infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian territory and the […]
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In this interview, Amgad Fareid Eltayeb, Executive Director of Fikra for Studies & Development, a Sudanese think tank, discusses the shortcomings in the international response to the situation in Sudan and options for the protection of civilians.
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It is an especially dangerous time for civilians in conflict. Hichem Khadhraoui, Executive Director at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), details a frank assessment of the topic.
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In this interview around this year’s PoC week, Dirk Druet, a researcher, policy adviser and former official in international peace and security pillar of the United Nations, and a non-resident fellow at the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations at the International Peace Institute, answers questions for Global Observatory Editor Jill Stoddard on some topics from this year’s PoC week.
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This is not the first time the UN has tried to reinvigorate its commitment to improve its performance in preventing and responding to protection crises. The question today is whether the current agenda can learn lessons from HRuF and make a tangible difference where previous efforts have fallen short.
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For the first time in nearly 20 years, Sudan is without a UN peace operation that enables or supports the protection of civilians, increasing the likelihood that the already severe protection gaps in country will worsen.
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A peacekeeping transition that mitigates the risks to civilians to the greatest extent possible is the UN’s best chance to continue implementing the principles of the Charter.
