Course description
As peacekeeping forces have been given more robust mandates to protect civilians as part of their missions, their effectiveness in this regard has increasingly become a measure of the success of those forces on the ground. At the same time, peacekeepers are facing increasing challenges in effectively implementing their protection of civilians (PoC) mandates, ranging from the failure to act (including with regard to recent cases of “PoC sites”), to questions around joint military operations with host governments and more offensive actions against armed groups.
This Thematic Workshop will explore these challenges through legal, policy, and operational perspectives and analyze the current practical measures adopted by some forces, including UN forces and UN-authorized regional forces such as AMISOM, to address these issues.
The workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of professionals working in contexts where a peacekeeping force operates, as well as staff of peacekeeping missions themselves, to more effectively contribute to the protection of civilians.