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  Policy Papers 10-26-2018by Namie Di Razza

  Protecting Civilians in the Context of Violent Extremism: The Dilemmas of UN Peacekeeping in Mali

  In the non-permissive environments where they are often deployed, UN peace operations need to be increasingly creative to implement their mandate to protect civilians. They face particularly acute challenges in contexts marked by violent extremism, such as Mali, where attacks by terrorist groups have greatly constrained the capacity of peacekeepers to protect local populations.This paper […]

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  Policy Papers 10-25-2018by Ralph Mamiya

  Engaging with Non-state Armed Groups to Protect Civilians: A Pragmatic Approach for UN Peace Operations

  Engaging non-state armed groups (NSAGs) is an essential tool for the protection of civilians (POC), a priority mandate and core objective for peace operations. Beyond the use of force to prevent or stop armed groups from threatening local populations, multidimensional missions can use a wide range of unarmed strategies, such as dialogue and engagement, to […]

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  Meeting Notes 10-17-2018

  Prioritizing and Sequencing Peacekeeping Mandates in 2018: The Case of MINUSCA

  In the past year, overall levels of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) have decreased, and the UN mission (MINUSCA) has helped stabilize key areas through comprehensive, multidimensional efforts at the local level. Nevertheless, violence against civilians continues, attacks on humanitarian workers have increased, and national security forces lack the capacity to maintain security. […]

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  09-26-2018by Aïssata Athie

  Investing in Peace and the Prevention of Violence in the Sahel-Sahara: Third Regional Conversations

  While there has been an increase in security responses to violent extremism in the Sahel-Sahara, these responses have shown their limits. At the same time, successful regional experiences building resilience and proposing concrete and credible alternatives to violence remain understudied and undervalued.To promote regional conversations around such experiences, the International Peace Institute (IPI), the UN […]

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  Issue Briefs 09-24-2018by Jake Sherman

  Action for Peacekeeping: Will Political Consensus Lead to Change in Practice?

  Secretary-General António Guterres launched the Action for Peacekeeping initiative (A4P) in March 2018 to galvanize member states to commit to peacekeeping and to translate statements of high-level political support into concrete actions. Since then, member states have signed a “Declaration of Shared Commitments on UN Peacekeeping Operations” in which they agree to adapt peacekeeping operations […]

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