About us

With violence increasing around the globe, the protection of civilians has become a cornerstone of United Nations peace operations mandates. This challenging mandate is often the yardstick by which the International community, and the affected populations, judge the worth of peacekeepers. Failures to protect civilians rightfully receive wide spread publicity. The first peace operation to have received this mandate was UNAMSIL – UN Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone – in 1999. Since then, the Security Council has met regularly on the issue of ‘Protection of Civilians (POC)’ and granted ever more robust mandates to the peacekeeping missions.

Overview

The UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and the Department of Field Support (DFS) have devoted significant attention to improving performance in this area by: Working with peace operations to develop a conceptual framework for POC; supporting the peace operations to develop comprehensive POC strategies, which assists them in harnessing all available resources for the task; and developing protection of civilians training courses targeted at personnel about to deploy, as well as those already working in peace operations. These courses are aimed at military, police and civilian personnel. Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) is an internationally recognized and UN certified premier institution providing training courses on various aspects of peacekeeping, including POC. The POC course is based on the training modules developed by the United Nations Integrated Training Service (UNITS). The POC training materials are intended to provide all peacekeeping personnel (military, police/civil armed forces and civilians) with a shared understanding of the basic principles, guidelines and policies of UN peacekeeping concerning protection of civilians to ensure that UN peace operations can tackle their protection functions effectively.

Participation

The course is open to professionals from military, police, civil armed forces, academia, students, civilians and the members of the UN agencies/programmers / INGOs / NGOs.

Course Fee:

Confirmed participants shall deposit the fee at the time of arrival with the representative of the Training Team as under:

• NUST faculty and Student – Rs. 3000/-
• Others – Rs. 5000/-

The participants will make their own lodging, messing, and transportation arrangements.

Incentive:

1. United Nations Certificate of Participation and Qualification, which may become handy in acquiring a job in UN, INGOs and NGOs.
2. Gaining an understanding of the protection concepts and mechanisms for coherent and effective POC activities.
3. Interaction with a diverse range of faculty and participants from various countries and professions.

Duration: 07 – 18 April 25
Timings: 9 am to 4:30 pm (Monday – Friday)
Register at: https://forms.gle/Ww9ZAsGzZpNNuAdt9

Deadline for online registration: 1400 Hours,  25 Mar 2025