Unarmed Civilian Protection: Comparative Insights from Colombia, Myanmar, and South Sudan

March 2025.

Policy brief by the Creating Safer Space project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’.

Authors: Mark Owen, Sapai Khaing, Karen Arteaga Garzón, Andrei Gómez-Suárez, Luke Abbs, Flora Bringi and Moses John.


Nonviolent Community Strategies Make Civilians Safer

Policy Brief 3 / 2025.

For government and civil society in Wales.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.

The policy brief is available in English and Welsh.

Policy Brief in English
Policy Brief in English
Policy Brief in Welsh
Policy Brief in Welsh

Community Self-Protection Makes Civilians Safer

Policy Brief 2 / 2025

For the EU and its member states.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.


Nonviolent Community Strategies Protect Civilians Across the World

No. 1 / 2025.

For the EU and its member states.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.


Community Self-Protection Makes Civilians Safer

No. 7 / 2024.

For policy-makers in the USA.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.


Nonviolent Community Strategies Protect Civilians Across the World

No. 6 / 2024.

For policy-makers in the USA.

Policy Brief by the Creating Safer Space network, written by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian, and Nerve Macaspac.