Quote: "Peacekeeping comprises activities, especially military ones, intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace."
It combines military, civilian, and police components to address the socio-economic, political, and security dimensions of conflicts.
Peacekeeping Operations: This topic covers the background, history and general principles of peacekeeping operations. Students would learn about the United Nations (UN) and its mandates, the role of security council, and the factors that lead to the deployment of peacekeeping forces.
Conflict Analysis: This topic focuses on various types of conflicts such as economic, territorial, ethnic, and religious that contribute to the rise in violent uprisings. It also covers the social, political, and economic factors that contribute to conflicts, and students learn to analyze these variables in a conflict situation.
Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: This topic covers the legal framework that governs the conduct of peacekeeping activities. The students would learn how the international legal system responds to breaches of human rights, as well as the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons.
Gender and Conflict: This topic combines gender and conflict studies to understand the relationship between gender and conflict. It encompasses topics related to sexual violence and gender-based violence in conflict zones.
Conflict Resolution: This topic focuses on the interrelated disciplines of mediation, negotiation, and arbitration. Students would learn about the principles of conflict resolution, the zero-sum game and how to develop peace agreements in complex conflict situations.
Understanding the Nature of Peace: This topic aims to help students understand the concept of peace and its components. Students would learn about the fragility of peace and the role of peacekeeping forces in maintaining peace.
Comprehensive Approach to Peace Process: This topic covers a comprehensive approach to the peace process, which includes different stakeholders, such as the government, civil society, UN, and donors, to ensure lasting peace in conflict zones.
Peacekeeping Operations Management: This topic focuses on management issues related to peacekeeping operations. Students would learn about the logistical issues involved in peacekeeping and the role of different actors involved in the management of peacekeeping operations.
Quote: "Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths."
Quote: "Peacekeepers monitor and observe peace processes in post-conflict areas, and may assist ex-combatants in implementing peace agreement commitments."
Quote: "Assistance may come in many forms, including confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengthening the rule of law, and economic and social development."
Quote: "UN peacekeepers can include soldiers, police officers, and civilian personnel."
Quote: "Non-UN peacekeeping forces include the NATO mission in Kosovo... and the Multinational Force and Observers on the Sinai Peninsula."
Quote: "Under international law, peacekeepers are non-combatants due to their neutral stance in the conflict between two or more belligerent parties."
Quote: "monitor and observe peace processes," "assist ex-combatants in implementing peace agreement commitments," "confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengthening the rule of law, and economic and social development."
Quote: "intended to create conditions that favor lasting peace."
Quote: "Non-UN peacekeeping forces include..."
Quote: "peacekeepers are non-combatants due to their neutral stance in the conflict."
Quote: "peacekeeping reduces the risk of renewed warfare."
Quote: "often referred to as Blue Berets or Blue Helmets because of their light blue berets or helmets."
Quote: "strengthening the rule of law."
Quote: "like the African Union Mission in Sudan."
Quote: "monitor and observe peace processes," "assist ex-combatants in implementing peace agreement commitments."
Quote: "confidence-building measures."
Quote: "there is a general understanding that at the international level, peacekeepers monitor and observe peace processes."
Quote: "electoral support."
Quote: "monitor and observe peace processes, and may assist ex-combatants in implementing peace agreement commitments."