Author: Ellen Furnari
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1529225485
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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The frequent failure of military or armed interventions to protect civilians is well known. This edited collection provides a comprehensive account of a different, effective paradigm: unarmed civilian protection (UCP). The principles and methods of UCP have been used for many decades to protect both specific, threatened individuals as well as whole communities. Featuring contributions from around the world, this book brings together a wide range of UCP practices in order to examine their underlying theory and interrelated strategies. The book provides an important illustration of the contributions UCP can make, while also discussing its limitations and failures.
Author: Ellen Furnari (editor)
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3837096513
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Unarmed civilian peacekeeping or protection (UCP) is a generic term that gives recognition to a wide range of activities by unarmed civilians to reduce violence and protect civilians in situations of violent conflict. There are many non-governmental as well as governmental organisations that engage in UCP, using a variety of methods and approaches. This study examines UCP in four conflict-affected regions: Colombia, Mindanao (Philippines), Palestine/Israel, and South Sudan. It focuses on what is emerging as good practice in these varied contexts and whether any commonalities can inform the expanded use of UCP.
Author: Rachel Julian
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1529233909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is practised globally by trained civilians protecting fellow civilians without the use of weapons. This book argues that while UCP is useful and transformative in its own right, its principles and values mean it has the potential to be disruptive in in a wide range of social contexts.
Author: M. S. Wallace
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317369912
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Few questions of global politics are more pressing than how to respond to widespread violence against civilians. Despite the efforts of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) proponents to draw attention away from exclusively military responses, debates on humanitarian intervention and R2P’s “Third Pillar” still tend to boil down to two unsatisfying options: stand by and “do nothing” or take military action to protect civilians – essentially using violence to stop violence. Accordingly – and given disagreement and uncertainty regarding moral claims, as well as the unpredictability of military effectiveness – this book asks: how can we counter violence ethically and effectively, taking action consistent with our particular moral commitments while also nurturing difference and enacting responsibility towards multiple others? After evaluating the pragmatic and ethical failings of military action, the book proposes nonviolent intervention as a third – unarmed, on-the-ground – option for protecting civilians during humanitarian crises. In the empirical section of the book, focusing on the discursive and psychological conditions enabling violence, Wallace analyses the mechanisms by which Nonviolent Peaceforce – an international NGO engaged in nonviolent intervention/ unarmed civilian peacekeeping (UCP) – was able to protect civilians and prevent violence, even if on a limited scale, in the broader context of Sri Lanka’s war/counterinsurgency in 2008. Both philosophically innovative and practically useful to those working in the field, the book contributes to a range of literatures and debates: from just war theory and poststructuralist ethics to nonviolent action and conflict transformation, and from humanitarian intervention, R2P, and civilian protection to strategic theory and discursive and psychological theories of violence.
Author: Karen Spencer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Curriculum planning
Languages : en
Pages : 77
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A trauma preparedness training was created to support resilience capacities for unarmed civilian protection (UCP) workers given the traumatic exposure that comes with engaging in their work. The theoretical framework used the five principles of psychological first aid to organize and inform the creation of five psychoeducation modules. Each module focuses on trauma preparedness underpinned by a review of psychophysiological, cognitive-affective, and social psychological theories related to stress, trauma, and resilience. The training format used scenarios and composite characters to provide a thorough evidence-based program of trauma informed psychoeducation and skill building and includes 94 slides in a PowerPoint presentation. The training was developed specifically to meet the needs of the Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), a non-profit UCP organization, whose staff provided consultation and feedback for this project. More broadly, the training modules also provide a framework for trauma resilience training for those engaged in UCP and other humanitarian endeavors working in areas experiencing armed conflict.
Author: Ellen Furnari
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1529225477
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Book Description
The frequent failure of military or armed interventions to protect civilians is well known. This edited collection provides a comprehensive account of a different, effective paradigm: unarmed civilian protection (UCP). The principles and methods of UCP have been used for many decades to protect both specific, threatened individuals as well as whole communities. Featuring contributions from around the world, this book brings together a wide range of UCP practices in order to examine their underlying theory and interrelated strategies. The book provides an important illustration of the contributions UCP can make, while also discussing its limitations and failures.
Author: Derek Oakley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Liam Mahony
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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For years international accompaniment has been successfully implemented as a way to protect threatened human rights activists throughout the world. In this book, Mahoney and Eguren present examples of the inspirational practice from Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia. Interviews with those involved in international accompaniment, with the individuals who were being protected, and with those who posed the threats provide valuable insight into what international accompaniment is really about.
Author: Mary S. Wallace
Publisher: Routledge is
ISBN: 9781138944862
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Wallace explores ethical yet effective responses to violence, proposing nonviolent intervention (civilian peacekeeping) as a third option for protecting civilians during humanitarian crises. This book addresses a diverse range of literatures and debates, and is both philosophically innovative and practically useful for those working in the field.
Author: Haidi Willmot
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019872926X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 497
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The protection of civilians which has been at the forefront of international discourse during recent years is explored through harnessing perspective from international law and international relations. Presenting the realities of diplomacy and mandate implementation in academic discourse.
