Essays about: "UN Peacekeeping forces"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words UN Peacekeeping forces.
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1. Ending Civilian Victimization : The Combined Effect of Mediation and Peacekeeping on Violence against Civilians
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Ending civilian victimization has become a primary purpose for third-party intervening actors as the brutal violence i contemporary conflicts increasingly affects the civilian population. To mitigate the violence, third-party actors use conflict management tools such as mediation and peacekeeping. READ MORE
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2. Dialogs of Peace in Protection of Life: A Comparative Case Study of a Nonviolence Method by the Indigenous Guards of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca in the Post-Peace Accord Context (2016-2021) in Colombia
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : The Peace Agreement of 2016 between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army raised hopes after decades of internal armed conflict, but the levels of violence continue to be high in rural areas. Cauca is the department of Colombia where most social leaders and human rights defenders have been killed since 2016. READ MORE
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3. Missions Love Company : Power Dynamics in Parallel Peace Operations
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Whether United Nations peacekeeping operations are effective or not has been extensively studied over the past decades. Similarly, the differences between peacekeeping missions deployed by the UN and third party interventions by other actors are well documented. READ MORE
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4. UN Transitional Administrations: enjoying immunity or impunity? : A legal study on UN Transitional Administrations and their post-colonial impact on victims’ access to justice
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : United Nations peacekeeping forces and operations, have long had a history of crimes against civilians by its personnel, not least concerning crimes of sexual exploitation and abuse. While human rights violations are grave despite their origin, there is a specific element of impunity and distrust when the same people who comes to ‘protect’, are the same people who become perpetrators. READ MORE
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5. Mali-tarisation of the Swedish 'peace-nation' narrative? : A narrative analysis of Swedish peacekeeping in the peace support operation in Mali
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In this thesis, I explore everyday militarisation in UN peace operations by studying how Sweden's s 'peace nation' narrative is possibly militarised by participating in the robust peacekeeping operation in Mali. The aim is to increase understanding around how militarisation occurs in modern peace operations, domains that are meant to be peaceful but are becoming increasingly war-like. READ MORE