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A group of youth wearing bright yellow “Youth Protection Team” t-shirts gather closely together at Juba’s IDP camp in South Sudan. The image appears on the cover of a Nonviolent Peaceforce case study titled, “A Long Day at Juba’s IDP Camp: A Case Study of Violence Prevention Through Proactive Engagement with Youth Gangs.”

May 2025

A Long Day at Juba’s IDP Camp: A Case study of Violence Prevention Through Proactive Engagement with Youth Gangs

Case Study

Youth in Juba’s IDP camp helped prevent violence against civilians amid rising tensions. Members of the camp’s Youth Protection Teams, trained in nonviolence, drew on long-standing relationships to directly intervene and de-escalate the situation. Their actions prevented further violence and highlighted the impact of community-led protection and unarmed civilian strategies.

Tags: Forced DisplacementSocial CohesionYouth Peace & Security
South Sudan
Africa
Program Spotlight: Youth Safety and Violence in Minneapolis

April 2025

Program Spotlight: Youth Safety and Violence in Minneapolis

Programme Brief

Despite promising trends and the lowest rates of gun violence in North Minneapolis in over a decade in 2024, young people, particularly young African American men, continue to face many challenges. In this program spotlight, we highlight the key safety risks that these young people face, the interventions that are making a difference in their lives, and the critical investments that need to be made to sustain this progress.

Tags: Education SecurityYouth Peace & Security
United States
Americas
cover page: Trauma Healing for IS-Affected Communities in Iraq Key for Lasting Peace

January 2025

Trauma Healing for IS-Affected Communities in Iraq: Key for Lasting Peace

Programme Brief

The legacy of trauma in Iraq, particularly in Ninewa after the IS occupation, continues to hinder social cohesion and peacebuilding. Unresolved trauma fuels cycles of violence, making mental health a critical concern. Addressing trauma healing is essential for community recovery, reconciliation, and sustainable peace. Locally-led initiatives play a key role in bridging gaps in Iraq’s stabilization efforts and ensuring the effectiveness of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus. NP’s community-level engagement has often proven impactful in fostering healing and resilience.

Tags: Social Cohesion
Iraq
Middle East
Two staff members wearing NP badges are bundled in winter coats and talking to one another while walking along an empty street in Ukraine.

November 2024

Localisation in Practice: Implementing Responsible Humanitarian Partnerships in Ukraine

Programme Brief

This brief will share the programmatic interventions implemented by NP in its attempt to bridge risk gaps between responders and assess their impact on asymmetric relationships between international and local actors, identifying where local actors are still absorbing disproportionate risk. Over the course of implementing different strategies, NP and our partners have learned instructive lessons, and this brief seeks to illuminate these so that other organisations and donors can learn from these experiences. We provide these broader recommendations for responsible partnerships for the implementation of localised humanitarian responses and for the better protection of civilians throughout Ukraine and beyond.

Tags: Humanitarian Emergency ResponseResponsible Partnerships
Ukraine
Europe
Intergenerational Violence in South Sudan: A Snapshot in Pibor (October 2024) by the Nonviolent Peaceforce.

October 2024

Intergenerational Violence in South Sudan Snapshot on Pibor

Programme Brief

The Greater Pibor Autonomous Area (GPAA) of South Sudan has been deeply impacted by decades of violence. Tension among community members has escalated along generational lines defined by traditional ‘age sets’, often resulting in widespread intra-communal violence.

Tags: Social CohesionYouth Peace & Security
South Sudan
Africa
Cover page of Snapshot on Extortion in South Mosul, Iraq - title shown with an image from Iraq of a public event, a man stands at a podium with a banner behind him

October 2024

Snapshot: Online Extortion in South Mosul, Iraq

Programme Brief

Online extortion in South Mosul poses a significant threat to the safety and well-being of women and girls. This harmful practice involves coercing individuals into providing money or sexual favors under the threat of reputational damage, leading to severe emotional and psychological distress and risks of violence. The impact is further compounded by cultural and social norms related to family honor, which can discourage individuals from seeking help or reporting abuse, thereby reinforcing their isolation. This snapshot outlines the current context, challenges in responding to the issue, and provides recommendations for better addressing online extortion of women and girls in South Mosul.

Tags: DigitalGender Peace & SecurityPreventing & Responding to SGBV
Iraq
Middle East
Responsible Partnerships Guide Cover

October 2024

Risk, Protection & Locally-Led Humanitarian Response: A Practical Guide to Responsible Partnerships

Issue Brief

NP’s Responsible Partnerships Framework offers practical guidance on how partnerships between INGOs and NNGOs, CSOs, and CBOs can be practiced more responsibly. This overview, and the practical toolkit it introduces, has largely grown out of NP’s partnerships in Ukraine, as outlined in the earlier Responsible Partnerships Brief, which describes the risks faced by Ukrainian organizations responding to civilian needs following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022. NP's approach to responsible partnerships is rooted in Unarmed Civilian Protection, which offers a pathway to intentional engagement with local communities as leaders in their own protection and action.

Tags: Humanitarian Emergency ResponseResponsible Partnerships
Global
Cover of report summary

May 2024

Summary of POC week event | Civilian-centred approaches to POC

Conference Documentation

As part of the annual 2024 United Nations Protection of Civilians week, which takes place around the annual UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians, a side event on ‘Civilian-Centred Approaches to POC: what works, why and advancing acceptance within the international system’ was held at the Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The event was co-organised by Nonviolent Peaceforce, CIVIC, Creating Safer Space, Global Protection Cluster, HPG/ODI, Oxfam, NORCAP, PAX, the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the UN and the Permanent Missions of El Salvador, the Netherlands, Philippines and South Sudan.

Food Security Page 1

June 2024

Food Security and Unarmed Civilian Protection

Issue Brief

Violent conflict, food insecurity, and the protection of civilians are inherently interconnected, and one cannot be effectively addressed independently of another. To do so increases risks to affected populations and reduces the value of all programmatic investments. Investment in food aid is devoid of value if that aid cannot get to populations at risk. We need adaptable tools – like Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) – that can help address the ways that different types of insecurity – physical, material, or otherwise – are interconnected.

Tags: Food security
Global
Elections page 1

June 2024

Beyond Election Day: Unarmed Civilian Protection and Electoral Cycles

Issue Brief

Engaged and proactive voting communities are well positioned to ensure their own safety and security throughout election cycles. These groups can act quickly and serve as interrupters who prevent violence, mitigate rumors, de-escalate tensions, and advocate for processes that prioritize the safety of civilians. Strengthening responses to electoral violence through the tools of Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) – a nonviolent and civilian-led methodology for the protection of civilians before, during, and after violent conflict – increases community capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to potential violence.

Tags: Civic Spaces & Elections
Global
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