The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide detailed procedures for planning and conducting Assessment and Advisory Visits (AAVs) to Troop/Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) in accordance with ...

The new DPO Handbook on the Protection of Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping incorporates and translates into action the principles set out in the recently revised DPO Policy on the Protection of Civilians in UN ...

This study examines whether and how human rights components in UN field missions contribute to broader mission mandates, such as mandates focused on politics, peacebuilding and military or police that may not be associated ...

This joint policy – by the Departments of Operational Support (DOS), Peace Operations (DPO), Peacebuilding and Political Affairs (DPPA), and Safety and Security (DSS) – provides direction on the management of casualty ...

The purpose of these Guidelines is both to provide a legal and operational framework for and to facilitate the safe acquisition of information from human sources for peacekeeping-intelligence (thereafter “HPKI”). These ...

The aim of this Handbook is to support staff deployed in Peacekeeping-Intelligence (PKI) roles in UN peacekeeping operations to manage the Peacekeeping-Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (PKISR) assets available ...

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) describes what Boards of Inquiry (BOI) are, when and how they shall be convened, what their purpose is and according to which modalities they shall perform their tasks. This SOP ...

This Manual describes the United Nations (UN) Military Engineer Unit and Counter Explosive Threat (CET) - Search and Detect process, focusing on Military Engineer support to a UN Mission1 and Force Headquarters (FHQ). The ...

This publication by DPPA's Mediation Support Unit outlines various opportunities and challenges related to the UN's involvement in support of local mediation and dialogue processes. The paper draws on insights emanating ...

This Manual describes the United Nations (UN) Military Engineer Unit and Counter Explosive Threat (CET) - Search and Detect process, focusing on Military Engineer support to a UN Mission1 and Force Headquarters (FHQ). The ...