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Reclaiming protection of civilians under international humanitarian law: Reflections from the Oslo global conference
South Sudan Rejects Deployment of Regional Protection Force amidst Worsening Security Situation
Access to Resources and Opportunities in Eastern Sudan: Consolidating the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Nairobi, Kenya, 14-17 February 2005
Regional Land Context for Peaceful Co-existence in Kenya
Identity and Peace: Reconfiguring Conflict Resolution in Africa
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region as a peacebuilding instrument for civil society organisations
Protecting civilians in African Union peace support operations: key cases and lessons learned
The never-ending pursuit of the Lord’s Resistance Army
Developing strategy for accompaniment
Strategic Peacebuilding The Role of Civilians and Civil Society in Preventing Mass Atrocities in South Sudan The Cases of the SPLM Leadership Crisis (2013), the Military Standoff at General Malong’s House (2017), and the Wau Crisis (2016–17)
PEACETALK: Role of CSOs in Peace Building and Political Transition
Civilians in non-international armed conflicts: The contemporary Nigerian experience
"Going where we otherwise would not have gone": Protective accompaniment and election monitoring in Sri Lanka
Caught Between Two Cultures: When aid in South Sudan is pulled between local norms and western systems
Women’s Roles: In Brief
Unarmed Civilian Protection The Methodology and Its Relevance for Norwegian Church-Based Organizations and Their Partners
Filipino zones of peace
Global Network Of Women PeaceBuilders
Community Self-Protection Strategies How Peacekeepers Can Help or Harm
Community-based protection mechanisms
The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding: Southeast Asia in Focus
Good Practices in Nonviolent, Unarmed, Civilian to Civilian Protection Documentation of the Workshop in Manila, 7-9 December, 2017
The participation of women in the Mindanao peace process 
Civil Society: A Resource for Peace
Good Practices in Nonviolent, Unarmed, Civilian to Civilian Protection Documentation of the Workshop in Paynesville (Minnesota) 21-23 October 2019
Exploring Civilian Protection: A Seminar Series (Seminar #1: Understanding Protection: Concepts and Practices)
Peacebuilding Coordination in African Countries: Transitioning from Conflict Transitioning from Conflict Case Studies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and South Sudan
El Comité de Integración del Macizo Colombiano-CIMA. Una construcción campesina para la defensa del Territorio y la Identidad
Civil–military coordination
Justice for peace in South Sudan Civil society perspectives
International Peace-Keeping Operation: A Breach of International Law on Sovereignty of States?
Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping Documentation of a symposium held in Bonn, 10th of October 2015
The psychological selection profile for civil-military coordination officers in peace-support operations: The results of field research in the Sudan
Kwesx Uüs Yáthzxi Kiwe Thegnas. Memoria de resistencia, defensa de la vida, cuidado del territorio y construcción de paz
Non-military strategies for civilian protection in the DRC
Conflict sensitivity in responses to COVID-19 Initial guidance and reflections
Healing the Wounds of the Past Peacebuilding Prospects for Zimbabwe
UN peacekeeping in Africa and good governance: challenges and prospects
Identity and Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution and Democratisation Renaissance: The Case of Burundi
Peace and stability in South Sudan: Challenges and recommendations
Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations: Insights from Africa
La question de l’appui institutionnel aux jeunes filles victimes de viols et d’incestes au Cameroun : quelle gouvernance dans la gestion de ce « problème genré » de santé publique ?
Pacifist Activists: Christian Peacemakers in Palestine 1995-2014
Protection of Civilians sites: Lessons from South Sudan for future operations
Autoprotección, la alternativa de los líderes sociales en los territorios
What transitional justice in Zimbabwe? Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) prepares for popular participation
Trajectories of International Engagement with State and Local Actors: Evidence from South Sudan
African Children’s Right to Participate in their Own Protection: Perspectives from South Sudan
Women’s Rights in Jeopardy: The Case of War-Torn South Sudan
Steps Toward Abolishing War: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping and a Two-Legged Democracy
Rule of whose law? The geography of authority in Juba, South Sudan
Unarmed Civilians Sustain Peace
Christian Peacemaker Teams in Israel/Palestine: Beyond Accompaniment
Peacebuilding and Sustainable Human Development: The Pursuit of Bangsamoro Right to Self Determination
How youth benefit from Unarmed Civilian Protection in South Sudan
A Homegrown Approach to Accompaniment in the Face of Violence: IFI’s Lumad Accompaniment Program in Mindanao
Unarmed Civilians Protecting Civilians in South Sudan
A Look at a Distance on Pasawit: Reimagining and Building Social Cohesion in Localizing Peacebuilding
UN This Week: A conversation with Mel Duncan, Co-founder, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP)
Scoping the UCP Landscape and Information
Negotiating Peace and Visibility as a Civil Society in Putumayo amid the armed conflict and the war on drugs
The Frontlines of Peace : An Insider's Guide to Changing the World
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Enlarging spaces and strengthening voices for peace: Civil society initiatives in Mindanao
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