TY - BOOK
T1 - Community-Led Unarmed Civilian Protection
T2 - Expanding beyond UN-Led Protection
AU - Julian, Rachel
AU - Bliesemann de Guevara, Berit
PY - 2026/3/2
Y1 - 2026/3/2
N2 - Drawing on evidence from a five-year international research collaboration and over two dozen field projects across eleven countries, this Issue Brief illustrates how communities use nonviolent, unarmed strategies—including early-warning and early-response systems, protective accompaniment and presence, mediation, and proactive engagement—to reduce violence and prevent displacement. Case studies from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Colombia demonstrate the scale, adaptability, and effectiveness of these grassroots protection strategies, including in contexts where UN missions operate in parallel or are transitioning out.
AB - Drawing on evidence from a five-year international research collaboration and over two dozen field projects across eleven countries, this Issue Brief illustrates how communities use nonviolent, unarmed strategies—including early-warning and early-response systems, protective accompaniment and presence, mediation, and proactive engagement—to reduce violence and prevent displacement. Case studies from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Colombia demonstrate the scale, adaptability, and effectiveness of these grassroots protection strategies, including in contexts where UN missions operate in parallel or are transitioning out.
M3 - Report
T3 - IPI Issue Briefs
BT - Community-Led Unarmed Civilian Protection
PB - International Peace Institute
CY - New York
ER -