(Un)Accountable: Rethinking US Security Sector Accountability Across the Domestic-International Divide
March 1, 2023
« Nous Devons Rompre le Silence D’Une Manière ou D’Une Autre » : Prévenir les violences sexuelles liées aux conflits dans les opérations de maintien de la paix de l’ONU
February 1, 2023
Risking the Future: Climate Change, Environmental Destruction, and Conflict in Yemen [ENG/AR]
October 4, 2022
“إذا تركت منطقتي… اشعر انني لن استطيع التنفس”: اثر تغير المناخ في الحماية المدنية في العراق
August 22, 2022
'If I Leave.. I Cannot Breathe': Climate Change and Civilian Protection in Iraq
July 6, 2022
النساء في القوات العراقية: الغائب عن مسرح الاحداث
April 22, 2022
Missing in Action: Women in Iraq’s Security Forces
March 8, 2022
Fighting for Our Lives: COVID-19 and the Protection of Civilians in Conflict-Affected States
November 22, 2021
Exception(s) to the Rule(s): Civilian Harm, Oversight, and Accountability in the Shadow Wars
November 19, 2020
Having Their Say: Guidelines for Involving Local Civil Society in the Planning, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of U.S. Security Assistance and Cooperation
October 29, 2020
“We Have to Try to Break the Silence Somehow:” Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through UN Peacekeeping
October 20, 2020
Caught in the Middle: The impact of security and political fragmentation on civilian protection in Sinjar
October 6, 2020
Protection des civils au Mali : Pourquoi les ressources aériennes sont décisives pour la MINUSMA
June 18, 2020
‘Protecting Civilians in Mali: Why Air Assets Matter for MINUSMA’ examines the numerous ways in which helicopters, planes, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft enable the Mission to undertake its mandate to protect civilians.
May 6, 2020
Over the last decade, community militias have played key roles in the conflict in northeast Nigeria, protecting civilians from a range of threats including attacks, abduction, sexual and gender-based violence, and extortion. At the same time, these groups have been responsible for harm against civilians – increasingly so as the conflict has worn on.
April 30, 2020
Effective military investigations into civilian harm can help answer important questions for affected civilians, provide a basis for appropriate redress, promote accountability, and allow the military to learn valuable lessons for avoiding or mitigating similar harm in the future.
February 13, 2020
Civilians in Yemen have borne the brunt of armed conflict for over five years. As civilians struggle to survive, they face death, injury, homes that have been destroyed or damaged by airstrikes, shelling, sniper attacks, landmines, as well as enforced disappearances and torture. The war has also severely exacerbated economic hardship and humanitarian conditions in the country.
January 16, 2020
سياسات وممارسات حماية المدنيين: الدروس المستفادة من عمليات القوات العراقية ضد داعش في المناطق الماهولة بالسكان
November 7, 2019
The fight against ISIS posed unique challenges to the Government of Iraq (GOI), its security forces, and the coalition on how to protect civilians. ISIS’s tactics of preventing civilians from fleeing and using them as human shields, using IED—including human and vehicle borne IEDs— rigging buildings with booby traps, and using tunnels to escape or re-appear in cleared areas added to the complexities of fighting in densely-populated urban areas. The GoI and the ISF have acknowledged the need to identify and learn ways to build trust and good relations with civilians and build capacities of its security forces to protect them. A Nineveh Police officer told CIVIC, “Before ISIS, people did not accept any security forces; there was a wall between civilians and us.”4 A lieutenant general in the MOD said, “Now we understand that the army has to work with local authorities, civilians and tribes.”5 A major general in the ISF reflected, “The government needs to be close to its citizens to avoid creating another Daesh. Daesh found a good environment because the government and its forces were not close to people.”6 This report, “Policies and Practices to Protect Civilians: Lessons from ISF Operations Against ISIS in Urban Areas” is intended to inform the institutional learning of the ISF and suggest improvements in policies, procedures, and trainings on civilian protection.
October 1, 2019
Falling Through The Cracks: Improving Ukraine's Assistance to Conflict-Affected Areas
August 31, 2019
A Bulwark against Further Instability in West Africa
July 29, 2019
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March 21, 2019
The Sum Of All Parts: Reducing Civilian Harm in Multinational Coalition Operations
January 23, 2019
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November 26, 2018
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October 30, 2018
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June 22, 2018
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January 10, 2018
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January 10, 2018
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January 10, 2018
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December 4, 2017
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January 17, 2017
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January 10, 2017
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December 22, 2016
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November 30, 2016
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November 21, 2016
Under Fire: The July 2016 Violence in Juba and UN Response
October 5, 2016
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April 21, 2016
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April 7, 2016
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February 26, 2016
Within and Beyond the Gates: The Protection of Civilians by the UN Mission in South Sudan
October 7, 2015
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October 7, 2015
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May 11, 2015
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May 11, 2015
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February 17, 2015
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May 19, 2014
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January 27, 2013
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September 11, 2012
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August 2, 2012
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November 23, 2011
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November 23, 2011
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October 20, 2010
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April 12, 2010
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February 18, 2009
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