The Civilian Side of Peacekeeping: New Research Avenues

Abstract: Almost three decades ago the United Nations (UN) entered an era of multi-dimensional peacekeeping operations, in which civilian and uniformed personnel work together. At the same time, human rights promotion became an integral part of such missions. Due to data limitations, there is little systematic knowledge about how civilian staff impacts human rights standards in the countries UN peacekeeping operations are deployed. I address this lacuna in two ways. First, I briefly outline the importance of civilian staff in UN peacekeeping operations and their roles in promoting human rights. Second, I provide explorative descriptive statistics on the number of civilian personnel in UN peacekeeping operations and the occurrence of violence against civilians committed by state forces.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Civilian Side of Peacekeeping: New Research Avenues ; volume:25 ; number:4 ; year:2019 ; extent:6 ; Peace economics, peace science and public policy ; 25, Heft 4 (2019) (gesamt 6)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Otto, Sabine

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/peps-2019-0037
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022100514085550930412
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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