We are organizing an expert workshop on protection of individuals. Apart from the panels, there will be an opening discussion as well as breakout sessions. You can still register as participant! Register here.

Stephen O’Brien, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, visits South Sudan. (c) UN Photo
Workshop and network meeting
15-17 July 2016, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Organized by the German Association for the United Nations (DGVN)
Contact: info@uno-forschung.de, http://www.uno-forschung.de
Humanitarian action and protection
Andras Derzsi-Horvath, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin | The implementation of the Human Rights Up Front initiative in the humanitarian sector |
Hannah Dönges, Graduate Institute, Geneva | Protection of civilians in South Sudan across international organizations |
Birthe Thamaz, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin | Protection through the lens of UNRWA |
Human rights protection
Veronika Haasz, University of Vienna | National Human Rights Institutions as UN allies |
Tamya Rebelo, University of São Paulo (Brazil) and Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University | From framing to implementation: an analysis of UN Security Council Resolutions on the protection of women and children |
Janika Spannagel, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin | Human Rights Defenders at Risk: Ambitious Concept with Uncertain Outlook |
Protection of civilians – decision-making processes and national perspectives
Andreas Lehrfeld, Universität Köln | Chinese UN initiatives on the protection of individuals in armed conflict |
Moritz Marbach, Universität Mannheim | Refugees and the UN Security Council |
Christian Stock, Martin-Luther Universität Halle | Protection in UN peacekeeping: common task, common understanding? |
Protection of civilians on the ground
Ingvild Bode, University of Kent | Practicing Norms: The Use of Force to Protect Civilians in Peacekeeping Missions |
Laura Bosco, American University, Washington, D.C. | Contingent upon Contingent: Signalling the resolve to protect in UN Peace Operations |
Nadine Enke, University of Vienna/ Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung und Sport (Austria) | Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers – Challenges to the Protection of Civilians – Mandate |