Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping/Protection

This course is about the study of UCP, that is, a coordinated set of actions by unarmed professionals aiming at keeping or building peace and/or protecting civilians. UCP is generally seen as the acronym for Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping or Unarmed Civilian Protection, sometimes for Unarmed Civilian Peacebuilding1. "UCP" is used in the course title to refer to the three concepts, given that they have close ties in theory and in field practice. UCP refers to actions carried out by unarmed professionals, working in organized teams within a local community, which requested it. UCP missions (also named Third Party Non-violent Intervention - TPNI) include protection, international observation, reporting, security advice, ceasefire monitoring, rumor control, Early Warning Early Response, relationship building... The diversity of Institutional UCP actors will be described in the course and the course will focus on the core methods shared by the main NGOs and IGOs doing UCPs. The evolution of UCP over the past 100 years will also be briefly studied in the course. The course will also compare armed and unarmed peacekeeping, in terms of history, principles, achievements, risks and failures.

In addition to the theoretical backgrounds and methodologies mentioned above, a few additional tools will be introduced:
- Open source intelligence (OSint)
- Mapping and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Data management, data privacy, cybersecurity
- Nonviolent Communication

Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course. CEA CAPA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA (2 ECTS credits equals 1 U.S. credit therefore, 5 ECTS credits is equivalent to 2.5 U.S. credits).