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…
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…
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,…
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.
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.
Thirteen years ago today, Marla Ruzicka died doing what she believed in. At a time when no one was helping civilian survivors in Iraq and Afghanistan – or even counting the number of people killed – Marla recognized a need and personally took action to address it. From working with families of civilian casualties, including…
NGO Statement on Reported Changes to US Policy on Use of Armed Drones and Other Lethal Force We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, are deeply concerned about the reported changes to the United States’ policy on the use of lethal force overseas, including through armed drones. According to news reports, in October 2017, President Donald Trump authorized…
As fighting against the Islamic State (ISIS) concludes in Iraq, the country’s biggest challenge lies in rebuilding the cities, villages, and lives destroyed by both ISIS and the Iraqi and anti-ISIS coalition’s offensive to dislodge their control. Although healing the psychological and physical scars ISIS left will take years, the Iraqi government should now begin…