Making Human Rights a Condition for Arms Sales is Smart Foreign Policy
December 24, 2019 – In the past few years we’ve seen U.S.-made planes and weapons bomb children in Yemen; gross violations…
Protecting Civilians Still Matters in Great-Power Conflict
It’s easy to see why counterinsurgency campaigns tread carefully around local bystanders. It’s no less important in larger-scale war. As…
The Pentagon’s 2018 Civilian Casualties Report: What’s In It and What’s Next
By: Dan Mahanty and Rita Siemion The Pentagon’s latest annual report on civilian casualties, released this morning, lists shockingly low numbers…
#GenderInConflict: Women As Rescuers
The following audio story one piece in a collection on our VOICES blog focused on the gendered experience in conflict and…
Remembering Marla Ruzicka: Fourteen Years Later, Her Bravery, Ambition, and Compassion Live On
Today marks the fourteenth anniversary of the tragic passing of our founder, Marla Ruzicka. Around the world, we remember Marla…
#GenderInConflict: Staffing Gender Posts to Strengthen Peacekeeping Missions
The following video is one piece in a collection on our VOICES blog focused on the gendered experience in conflict and…
Twenty Years of Prioritizing the Protection of Civilians: Painful Lessons from Rwanda Remain Relevant for UN Peacekeeping Operations Today
This is the second piece in a series that CIVIC will publish throughout 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of…
#GenderInConflict: A Comprehensive Approach to Integration of Gender Perspectives into the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine
The following post is one piece in a collection on our VOICES blog focused on the gendered experience in conflict and…
Costs of War Can’t Be Assessed Without Official Civilian Casualty Estimates
By: Dan Mahanty and Alex Moorehead In a recent essay, retired Major General Charles J. Dunlap Jr. argues that the release…