#GenderInConflict: Staffing Gender Posts to Strengthen Peacekeeping Missions
This piece is one in a series that CIVIC is publishing in the weeks following International Women’s Day with a focus on gendered…
A Challenge for Peacekeeping: Balancing Static Protection with Mobility in South Sudan
On March 15, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2459, extending the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission…
Data-Driven Protection: Linking Threat Analysis to Planning in UN Peacekeeping Operations
Data-Driven Protection: Linking Threat Analysis to Planning in UN Peacekeeping Operations examines the challenges and gaps that UN peacekeeping operations…
Op-Ed: The Human Cost of Cuts to the Peacekeeping Mission in Congo
Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo took a turn for the worse in 2017 and the New Year is unlikely to bring much relief to Congolese civilians.
Intercross the Podcast: Episode #33 Policy and Peacekeeping in South Sudan with Trevor Keck and Lauren Spink
In this episode of Intercross the Podcast, we sit down with ICRC in Washington’s Deputy Head of Communications Trevor Keck and…
Op-Ed: Peacekeeping Under Trump Could Be Difficult With Less Resources
On Monday, President Trump will chair a high-level panel on United Nations reform, kicking off the annual United Nations General…
How Can the International Community Engage in South Sudan’s National Dialogue? And Should It?
If civilians are not included as meaningful participants in the Dialogue, the results of the process are likely yet another agreement between national politicians that divides the spoils of war between themselves rather than healing the deepening ethnic divisions that four years of civil conflict have sown.
What Next for UN Peacekeeping in South Sudan?
When violence broke out in July in Juba, South Sudan, the UN mission there, along with thousands of civilians, was caught in the crossfire.