Bénédicte is the Program Associate for Africa and Peacekeeping. She holds an LLM in Public International Law (Merit) from Queen Mary, University of London and studied Law at the Université Toulouse I-Capitole and at King’s College London, where she specialized in International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, and the interaction between armed conflict and natural resources.
In our VOICES blog, we share regular updates from our global programs, including CIVIC’s Peacekeeping Team. This piece was written by CIVIC Peacekeeping Associate Bénédicte Aboul-Nasr, with input from Peacekeeping Advisor Lauren Spink and Peacekeeping Director Alison Giffen. UN Member States are in the process of negotiating the budgets of UN peacekeeping operations, including the United Nations…
President Robert Mugabe officially announced his resignation as President of Zimbabwe on Nov. 21, 2017, capping an extraordinary week that saw the country’s military end his rule after almost 40 years in power.
In the decades since wars broke out across the sub-Saharan region, the international community has sought to recruit national militaries in the region as strike forces in attempts to restore peace and stability. Yet, in their desire to restore order, governments involved in military operations and providing security assistance to the region may not address…
The conflict in Mali is highly volatile and fast evolving; the government and MINUSMA have been unable to keep up. However, without improving government presence and accountability across the country, and without providing adequate support to MINUSMA, both will continue to struggle and further delay the implementation of the Peace Agreement.
Up to 13 civilians a day are being killed in Yemen, according to a recent report from the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The report documents allegations of abuses and violations of international humanitarian law against Yemen’s civilians in that country’s civil conflict; deplores the use of cluster bombs, banned…
