1st Edition

Peacekeeping and the Protection of Civilians From Moral Imperative to Effective Practice

By Timothy Donais Copyright 2025
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically examines the evolution of protection practices in UN peace operations over the past two decades. Protecting civilians has become central to the work of contemporary UN peace operations, yet the ability of peacekeepers to offer meaningful levels of protection to vulnerable civilians in conflict zones remains highly circumscribed.  Focusing on the implementation of... Read more

1 Introduction: Situating Protection in Peacekeeping Contexts  2 Robust Protection Debates  3 Non-coercive Protection: Protection by Peaceful Means?  4 All Necessary Means, with an Asterisk: How UNMISS has Operationalized its PoC Mandate  5 MONUSCO: Innovation without Transformation?  6 Protecting Civilians and Expanding State Authority in the Central African Republic  7 Conclusion: PoC’s Uneven Past and Uncertain Future

Biography

Timothy Donais is a Professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University and at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, both in Canada. He is author of Peacebuilding and Local Ownership: Post-Conflict Consensus-Building (2012) and The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia (2005).