11:30 - 13:00
Oral session
Room: Arts – Lecture Room 4
Stream: International Security in Africa in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Chair/s:
Anna Konieczna
Testing the limits: Difficult relationships between host governments and peacekeeping missions with civilian protection mandates
Walt Kilroy
Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction, Dublin City University, Dublin

An obligation to protect civilians has become a standard part of the mandates for UN peacekeeping operations – often in difficult and volatile situations with many actors. But relations between host governments and UN missions are complex. Question arising include sovereignty, trust, respect, intercultural communication, and control. Outside interventions can be resented as interference, Security Sector Reform may be unwelcome, and agendas may be very different. The government of a state still has a primary role in protecting its own citizens, even if it is part of the problem. This paper explores some aspects of the relationship, which can effect whether a mandate to protect civilians can be implemented. It draws on the experience of South Sudan in particular.


Reference:
Tu-A23 International Security 1-P-003
Presenter/s:
Walt Kilroy
Presentation type:
Panel
Room:
Arts – Lecture Room 4
Chair/s:
Anna Konieczna
Date:
Tuesday, 11 September
Time:
12:00 - 12:15
Session times:
11:30 - 13:00