Protection of Civilians (PoC) as a "core obligation" of UN Peacekeeping. Yet PoC is not a standard military task. Most commanders … and troops arriving to UN Peacekeeping missions need to learn about specific mission mandate requirements on PoC, and how …. Training of peacekeepers and specifically pre-deployment training therefore sets UN Peacekeeping an enduring test. Presented …

the Sahel. MINUSMA has come to represent the emerging practice of establishing UN peacekeeping missions in asymmetrical … in Afghanistan and Iraq, European soldiers have returned to UN peacekeeping. However, African countries remain the … largest troop contributors to peacekeeping missions, including MINUSMA. This new DIIS report provides new insight into the …

UN peacekeeping missions are deployed in increasingly violent contexts, such as Mali and South Sudan. It leaves such … missions suspended somewhere between traditional peacekeeping and peace enforcement. Concurrently with this transformation … experience of troop-contributing countries is a defining feature of how protection of civilians is approached in peacekeeping …