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Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2013 The latest cycle of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the brief occupation of Goma by the “M23” rebels call for a re-examination of how UN peacekeepers have approached the physical protection of civilians in the DRC over the ...
J. Arthur Boutellis
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Protection of Civilian Infrastructures
Law and Contemporary Problems, 1978 For centuries there have been rules to protect some from the effects of war, though invocation in the breach as often as compliance has recognized their existence. Ransom was a common practice of warfare in the Middle Ages. Hauled before a military court on demand of ransom, a captive could claim immunity because of a standing or profession such as ...
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, 2016 This lecture considers how Security Council authority and legitimacy gain traction through the deployment and development of normative provisions. I focus on the robust peacekeeping mandates in the UN Security Council Resolutions on the Protection of ...
Heathcote, Gina
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Islam and the Ethics of War: Deconstructing Jihad through the Principle of Humanism in Theological Discourses [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyWarfare has become a problematic discourse in social life and theology. The research aims to identify the malfunction of war through the ethics of jihad contained in Islamic teachings that emphasise the principle of humanism.
Muhammad Rusdi +3 more
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Protection of Civilians in the United Nations: A Peacekeeping Illusion?
United Nations Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order, 2018 Protection of civilians (POC) is at the centre of UN peace operations, with majority of UN military and police personnel having this mandate. This chapter examines whether peacekeepers are provided with the means to fulfil it.
H. Johnson
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UN peace operations and protection of civilians : Cheap talk or norm implementation?
, 2013 Protection of civilians is now at the forefront of the responsibilities of the international community. There is a strong international norm that civilian populations should be protected from violence. But how committed is the United Nations to acting in
Hultman, Lisa,
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Cogent Social SciencesThis paper critically examines the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began on 15 April 2023, and continues to date.
Osman Sirajeldeen Ahmed +4 more
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, 2017 This article examines the public authority of chiefs’ courts within the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Protection of Civilians Sites (PoCs).
R. Ibreck, N. Pendle
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Protection of civilians: Why they die in US strikes
, 2015 Read online The US military strike that devastated the MSF hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on 3 October generated profound, if short-lived, outrage in much of the world.
Suhrke, Astri
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, 2022 Since 1999, the protection of civilians (POC) has become central to UN peacekeeping, included in the mandates of most multidimensional missions. In 2009, the Security Council designated POC as a priority among mandated tasks, in part because of the ...
Russo, Jenna
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