Civil-military coordination and the protection of civilians in South Sudan

This working paper assesses civil-military coordination within the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on PoC. Its main conclusions are that these missions’ mandates were unclear in terms of PoC; that their military components lack the skills, capacity, and willingness to protect civilians; and that consequently coordination between humanitarian and military actors faces a number of challenges.