- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Civilians, Distinction, and the Compassionate View of War
- 2 Protection of Civilians, Responsibility to Protect, and Humanitarian Intervention
- 3 A History and Conceptual Development of the Protection of Civilians
- 4 Protecting Civilians
- 5 The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
- 6 Protection of Civilians under International Human Rights Law
- 7 Protection of Civilians under International Humanitarian Law
- 8 Displacement and the Protection of Civilians under International Law
- 9 Legal Aspects of the Use of Force by United Nations Peacekeepers for the Protection of Civilians
- 10 International Responsibility for Ensuring the Protection of Civilians
- 11 The United Nations and the Protection of Civilians
- 12 The African Union and the Protection of Civilians
- 13 Security Council Diplomacy on the Protection of Civilians
- 14 Using Force to Protect Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- 15 The Utility of Force for Protecting Civilians
- 16 The Contribution of Human Rights to Protecting People in Conflict
- 17 Humanitarian Protection—Moving beyond the Tried and Tested
- 18 The Problems and Dilemmas of Helping to Build Protection Capacities
- 19 Community Self-protection
- Conclusion
- Index
Community Self-protection
Community Self-protection
- Chapter:
- (p.409) 19 Community Self-protection
- Source:
- Protection of Civilians
- Author(s):
Aditi Gorur
Nils Carstensen
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses the frequent focus on what the international community, governments, or armed groups do or fail to do to protect civilians. Yet often it is civilians themselves who do the most to guarantee their own safety, and the safety of their families and communities. The chapter explores the importance of understanding local perspectives on protection and reviews current efforts to support individual self-protection and community-based protection strategies. Based on research in several major crises, it seeks to demonstrate how understanding and supporting community-based protection strategies in a flexible and sensitive manner can significantly improve the impact of protection interventions by both affected communities themselves and external humanitarian, human rights, or peacekeeping protection actors.
Keywords: protection of civilians, international community, governments, armed groups, self-protection, community-based protection strategies
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Civilians, Distinction, and the Compassionate View of War
- 2 Protection of Civilians, Responsibility to Protect, and Humanitarian Intervention
- 3 A History and Conceptual Development of the Protection of Civilians
- 4 Protecting Civilians
- 5 The Evolution of the UN Collective Security System
- 6 Protection of Civilians under International Human Rights Law
- 7 Protection of Civilians under International Humanitarian Law
- 8 Displacement and the Protection of Civilians under International Law
- 9 Legal Aspects of the Use of Force by United Nations Peacekeepers for the Protection of Civilians
- 10 International Responsibility for Ensuring the Protection of Civilians
- 11 The United Nations and the Protection of Civilians
- 12 The African Union and the Protection of Civilians
- 13 Security Council Diplomacy on the Protection of Civilians
- 14 Using Force to Protect Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- 15 The Utility of Force for Protecting Civilians
- 16 The Contribution of Human Rights to Protecting People in Conflict
- 17 Humanitarian Protection—Moving beyond the Tried and Tested
- 18 The Problems and Dilemmas of Helping to Build Protection Capacities
- 19 Community Self-protection
- Conclusion
- Index
