In 2023 (continued…)

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  Issue Briefs 05-12-2023by Gabriel Delsol and Albert Trithart

  The UN’s Response to the COVID-19 Infodemic

  The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a related “infodemic.” This infodemic emerged as widespread demand for information about the public health emergency was met with large volumes of false and misleading information. Many of the national and international institutions leading the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the UN, quickly recognized that they also […]

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  Policy Papers 05-10-2023by Michael Franczak

  Financing Loss and Damage at Scale: Toward a Mosaic Approach

  The historic decision on loss and damage (L&D) at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) calls for a new fund and funding arrangements focused on addressing L&D. It also tasks a Transitional Committee to prepare recommendations on the new fund and funding arrangements for adoption at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in […]

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  Policy Papers 04-17-2023by Phoebe Donnelly and Emily Myers

  Forced Marriage by Non-state Armed Groups: Frequency, Forms, and Impact

  Many non-state armed groups use forced marriage during armed conflict. This practice has been documented across all geographic regions, in every decade since the 1940s, and across armed groups with many different ideologies. Yet while policymakers, scholars, and practitioners recognize forced marriage as an important form of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), there are no frameworks […]

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  Issue Briefs 03-30-2023by Fiifi Edu-Afful

  Peacekeeping in Nonpermissive Environments: Assessing Troop-Contributing Countries’ Perspectives on Capabilities and Mindsets

  Many peacekeepers are deployed in areas where ongoing armed conflicts or other situations of violence, including attacks against peacekeepers, have constrained their capacity to implement their mandate and protect themselves. This has led some troop-contributing countries (TCCs) to raise concerns about the high-risk environments to which their troops are deployed. One of the most critical […]

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  Policy Papers 03-22-2023by Agathe Sarfati

  Accountability for Crimes against Peacekeepers

  Since 1948, more than 1,000 UN personnel have been killed in malicious acts while serving in UN peacekeeping operations. Since 2013, the vast majority of fatalities have taken place in the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To address this trend, the UN Secretariat and member states have […]

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