Land of confusion - protection of women and children in Liberia

A genealogy of sovereignty

Elgtacos i solnedgang: Om norsk mat, spagettiwestern, og fårikålpolitiet

Belated Courtship? The Uneasy Partnership between Brazil and the EU

The EU accorded the status of “strategic partner” to Brazil in 2007. While the aim of this was to foster more effective cooperation with the Latin American giant, the record of the partnership is less than clear. While the strategic partnership was a clear acknowledgement of Brazil’s aspirations and...

Conclusions

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Rule of Law in Liberia

Conceptual Unclarity and Competition: The Protection of Civilians and the Responsibility to Protect

A Concern with Protection

The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice

Brasil: Endelig en stormakt eller for evig fremtidens land?

Training in Vain? Bottlenecks in Deploying Civilians for UN Peacekeeping

UN peacekeeping missions suffer from cumbersome recruitment processes, high vacancy rates and a shortage of civilian staff. This article explores the bottlenecks hampering the recruitment and deployment of trained personnel, especially civilians. Paradoxically, an increased number of trained personnel...

Chronicle of a Frustration Foretold? The Implementation of a Broad Protection Agenda in the United Nations

Sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia and the case for a comprehensive approach to the rule of law

Since the end of the conflict in Liberia, one of the main priorities of the UN Mission (UNMIL), UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs has been to address the very high level of sexual violence against women and children, often known through the ‘SGBV’ acronym (Sexual and Gender-Based Violence). This focus has...

Protection from Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Liberia: A Role for Traditional Justice?

Somewhere to Turn?: MINURCAT and the Protection of Civilians in Eastern Chad and Darfur

Local and National Ownership in Post-Conflict Liberia: Foreign and Domestic Inside Out?

Nobelprisen på rett kjøl med verdige fredsprisvinnere?

Leder

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