The Creating Safer Space project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’ has published a policy brief, Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection in Rumbek and Juba, South Sudan.
The policy brief is written by Luke Abbs, Flora Francis Bringi and Moses John. It explores the role of peace committiees, protection teams and religious leaders in grassroots UCP initiatives in South Sudan, and provides recommendations aimed at supporting ‘spontaneous’ UCP initiatives while keeping initiatives locally owned.