The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is a puzzling mission. MINUSCA had starkly positive effects for its first two years of op…

Countries emerging from or dealing with violent conflict in which large-scale human rights violations were or are being committed face immense obstacles in attaining sustainable peace and development.…

After twenty years of protection of civilians (POC) mandates, peace operations are entering a new period. The United Nations Security Council appears poised to draw down or close missions such as the …

Resolving local conflicts between non-state armed groups, or between communities, is key to reducing violence against civilians. The United Nations is often involved in supporting local peace processe…

The use of force by United Nations peacekeepers has always been contentious. As far back as 1956, the then-Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld warned that resorting to force in situations other than se…

Since the emergence of protection of civilian (POC) mandates twenty years ago, there has been significant growth in the number of police deployed in United Nations peace operations. During this time, …

Since August 2016, the United Nations has launched three special investigations into allegations of underperformance or egregious failure to protect civilians through UN peacekeeping missions. There h…

On this day in 1999, the United Nations Security Council passed its first thematic resolution on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and expressed its willingness to consider how peacekeepin…

Louise Van Schaik appears on the Center for Climate and Security's podcast. Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is the host of the Climate and Security podcast produced by the Center for Climate and Security, a…

Over the past three years, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and his counterpart at the African Union (AU) Commission, Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, have personally devoted signific…