Unarmed Civilian Protection: Comparative Insights from Colombia, Myanmar, and South Sudan
By Mark Owen, Sapai Khaing, Karen Arteaga Garzón, Andrei Gómez-Suárez, Luke Abbs, Flora Bringi and Moses John
March 2025
This policy brief is an output of the project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’.
Building Peace Amidst the Papua Conflict: Supporting Grassroots Protection and Peacebuilding Agents
By Arfiansyah, Reza Idria and Delsy Ronnie
March 2025
This policy brief is an output of the project ‘Civilian (Self-) Protection from Violent Conflict in Papua: Exploring Local Infrastructures and Initiatives’.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 3/2025
Nonviolent Community Strategies Make Civilians Safer (English)
Strategaethau Cymunedau Di-drais Gwneud Sifiliaid yn Fwy Diogel (Cymraeg)
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the Welsh government and relevant civil society organisations in Wales.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 2/2025
Community Self-Protection Makes Civilians Safer
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the EU and its member states.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 1/2025
Nonviolent Community Strategies Protect Civilians Across the World
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the EU and its member states.
Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection in Rumbek and Juba, South Sudan
By Luke Abbs, Flora Francis Bringi and Moses John
January 2025
This policy brief is an output of the project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’
Unarmed Civilian Protection in Myanmar: Central Myanmar, Kachin and Chin State
By Mark Owen and S. Khaing
September 2024
This policy brief is an output of the project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 7/2024
Community Self-Protection Makes Civilians Safer
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for policy-makers in the USA.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 6/2024
Nonviolent Community Strategies Protect Civilians Across the World
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for policy-makers in the USA.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 5/2024
Unarmed Civilian Protection in Post-Coup Myanmar
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the UN and its member states.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 4/2024
Community Unarmed Civilian Protection in South Sudan
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the UN and its member states.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 3/2024
The Missing Piece of PoC: Local Unarmed Civilian Protection
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the UN and its member states.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 2/2024
Community Self-Protection Makes Civilians Safer
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the UN and its member states.
Creating Safer Space Policy Brief 1/2024
Nonviolent Community Strategies Protect Civilians Across the World
By Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Rachel Julian and Nerve V. Macaspac.
With recommendations for the UN and its member states.
Strengthening Unarmed Community Self-protection in Cameroon’s Anglophone Conflict
By Dr Nancy Annan and Prof. Gordon Crawford
April 2024
This policy brief is an output of the project ‘Exploring unarmed civilian self-protection in Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict’
Civilians Protecting Civilians
By Karen Arteaga Garzón and Andrei Gómez-Suárez with illustrations by Sebastián Bucheli. February 2024.
Por Karen Arteaga Garzón y Andrei Gómez-Suárez con illustrationes de Sebastián Bucheli. Febrero 2024.
These policy briefs is an output of the project “Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia“.
A series of policy briefs about UCP in Thailand (2022, 2023)
Policy Brief 1/3: The UCP Idea (Thai Only)
Policy Brief 2/3: Opportunities & Challenges (Thai Only)
Policy Brief 3/3: UCP and Nonviolence (Thai Only)
These policy briefs are an output of the project “Introducing Unarmed Civilian Protection in Thai Society: Opportunities and Challenges”.