Reforming UN peace operations: Will the high-level panel’s report make a difference for human rights?

Abstract

In June 2015, the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) handed down more than 100 recommendations for making peace missions more effective. Following in the tradition of the Brahimi Report (2000) and An Agenda for Peace (1992), the HIPPO report is the latest attempt to grapple with the escalating, and often competing, demands made of UN peace operations. This article assesses the prospects of HIPPO’s recommendations, identifying their likely impact, and where they will likely fall short.