...The introduction provides a brief overview of the history and places of UCP/accompaniment, touching on issues of basic principles and practices, challenges to protecting civilians including a discussion of the comparative strengths of UCP vs militarized peacekeeping and civilian protection...

...This chapter offers a new framing of how individuals and groups learn and practice unarmed civilian protection (UCP), in relation to feminism, gender, cultural identity and other subjectivities, exploring the ambiguous relationship of UCP to the wider field of humanitarian work and the ‘development...

...This book explores contemporary issues on the topic of unarmed civilian protection (UCP). One of few current academic books on this growing field, it showcases authors from six continents, who discuss the foundational concepts of peace, nonviolence, civilian protection and security, among...

...Given ‘common-sense’ wisdom that violence is required to stop violence, any serious investigation into unarmed civilian protection (UCP) must first critically examine widespread beliefs about the protective value of violence and then identify the mechanisms by which nonviolence, in the form of UCP...

... This chapter grows out of ongoing doctoral research on nonviolent forms of civilian protection that I am undertaking at the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University, funded by a Australian Government Research Training Stipend and an Endeavour Scholarship...

...Although there is a growing body of literature on nonviolence, there are fewer writings on the relationship between unarmed civilian protection (UCP) and nonviolence and how the two concepts work together in practice. This chapter will bridge this gap; the author argues that nonviolence is not only...

... Nonviolent Peaceforce NP Schweitzer C Peace Brigades International PBI Unarmed civilian protection Protective accompaniment Disarmament demobilization and reintegration (DDR) Reincorporation Assassinations Ex-guerrillas FARC Colombia Que la paz no nos cueste la vida [May the peace not cost us our...

.... The signing into law and, ultimately, the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in 2019 created a favourable atmosphere to embed a local, comprehensive and inclusive civilian protection mechanism in the transition phase – the process of normalization. By using a mixed-method analysis, this chapter...

... protection Accompaniment Critical theory Conflict transformation Nonviolence This book has provided an introduction to unarmed civilian protection and accompaniment (UCP/A) and hopefully has sparked interest in learning more about this field and possibly pursuing research related to the many questions...

...Based on the foundational goals of unarmed civilian protection (UCP), this chapter introduces a framework that divides UCP into three broad categories: traditional peacekeeping, creating space for nonviolent activism, and protection of communities from endemic external and internal violence...

...This chapter explores the role of unarmed civilian protection (UCP) in ending, or vastly decreasing reliance on, war and armed policing for the protection of civilians and human rights. While UCP organizations have made great strides supporting civilians in conflict and helping people make...