Our City and State Should Take Pride in Being a Leader in the Resettlement of Refugees from Around the World By: Kate Raley “H-Town.” Houston. Home of the Astros, 2017 MLB World Champs. A city known for its barbecue, queso, world-class medical centers, oil tycoons, art and Beyoncé. There are many reasons for its 3…
In our VOICES blog, we share regular updates from our global programs, including CIVIC’s Peacekeeping Team. This piece was written by CIVIC Peacekeeping Director Alison Giffen and United Nations Sr. Associate Sam Harju. United Nations Member States are feverishly negotiating the proposed $7.27 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations. These governments must come to an agreement on the…
Ten years ago today, the UN Security Council passed a landmark resolution (UNSC 1820) recognizing a practice so deeply troubling that the world had previously turned a blind eye: Sexual violence is a tactic of war. While women and girls disproportionately experience this type of violence, men and boys can also fall victim. One decade…
Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) shares regular updates about the work of our global programs. Our US program, helmed by US Program Director, Daniel R. Mahanty, with support from Research & Advocacy Associate, Julie Snyder, works with US institutions to protect civilians trapped in conflict around the world. This weekly overview of the US…
By Daniel R. Mahanty On June 1, the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) submitted to Congress its report on the more than 500 civilians it estimates were killed and injured in U.S. military operations in 2017—as required by Section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization Act(NDAA) of 2018. Despite several limitations and gaps in civilian casualty…
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…
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.
As the world observes International Day of the Child, we should stop and consider the critical need to protect civilians, including children, across northeast Nigeria. With some degree of success, the Nigerian government has pushed back armed opposition groups in the country’s northeast – especially Jama’atu Sunnah Lida’awati Wal Jihad and Islamic State West Africa,…
