The Protection Paradox: How the Un Can Get Better at Saving Civilian Lives

by Conor Foley

Book Overview

The book provides an up to date and authoritative account of how the UN is re[1]thinking its obligations to protect civilians during conflicts. Based on hundreds of interviews with senior UN officials and humanitarian protection staff in headquarters and in the field and a review of the UN s grey literature . It also draws on the author s own experience of working on human rights and protection in some of the world s most violent conflicts. It...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031274261
• ISBN13: 9783031274268
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"