Iraq: Learning Civilian Protection the Hard Way

IF 0.6 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Stability-International Journal of Security and Development Pub Date : 2015-07-28 DOI:10.5334/STA.GE

Sahr Muhammedally

引用次数: 4

Abstract

This article—based on the author’s interviews with civilians and security forces in areas retaken from the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Northern Iraq in 2015—examines challenges in civilian protection when pro-government forces take control of areas formerly under control of anti-government forces.1 It recommends to the Iraqi and Kurdish leadership specific harm mitigation training for their forces, a protection-based approach to shield civilians from harm from all sides, and provision of security to returnees, including protection both from crime and revenge attacks. Such preventative measures, if enacted before major military operations to retake populated areas under ISIS control begin, would better protect civilians, strengthen the government’s mission against ISIS and provide building blocks for a stable Iraq.

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伊拉克:艰难地学习保护平民

本文基于作者对2015年在伊拉克北部从伊斯兰国(也称为ISIS)手中夺回的地区的平民和安全部队的采访，探讨了当亲政府部队控制了以前由反政府部队控制的地区时，平民保护面临的挑战委员会建议伊拉克和库尔德领导人为其部队提供具体的减轻伤害培训，采取以保护为基础的办法，保护平民免受各方的伤害，并为返回者提供安全保障，包括保护他们免受犯罪和报复袭击。这些预防措施如果在重新夺回ISIS控制下的人口稠密地区的重大军事行动开始之前实施，将更好地保护平民，加强政府打击ISIS的使命，并为伊拉克的稳定提供基础。

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Stability-International Journal of Security and Development INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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3.40

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审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Stability: International Journal of Security & Development is a fundamentally new kind of journal. Open-access, it publishes research quickly and free of charge in order to have a maximal impact upon policy and practice communities. It fills a crucial niche. Despite the allocation of significant policy attention and financial resources to a perceived relationship between development assistance, security and stability, a solid evidence base is still lacking. Research in this area, while growing rapidly, is scattered across journals focused upon broader topics such as international development, international relations and security studies. Accordingly, Stability''s objective is to: Foster an accessible and rigorous evidence base, clearly communicated and widely disseminated, to guide future thinking, policymaking and practice concerning communities and states experiencing widespread violence and conflict. The journal will accept submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology and history, among others. In addition to focusing upon large-scale armed conflict and insurgencies, Stability will address the challenge posed by local and regional violence within ostensibly stable settings such as Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and elsewhere.