Unamid
A hybrid solution to a human security problem in Darfur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5680700 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Mickler (0000-0003-1482-9226, Office of Education, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 487-511 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conflict Security and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14678802.2013.849469 |
| OpenAlex | W1969554535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
In response to the widespread death, displacement and human insecurity created by the 2003 eruption of conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan, the newly established African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council, with its nascent doctrine of ‘non-indifference’ to insecurity inside regional states, initially deployed a small ceasefire monitoring team. The scope of the ongoing crisis in Darfur relative to the mandate and capacity of this AU team led to calls for the deployment of a more substantial UN peace operation with a robust civilian protection mandate, but the Sudanese government, implicated in crimes against the civilian population, rejected a mission of this character. These competing pressures led, in 2007, to the authorisation of the AU–UN hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID), an unprecedented joint peace operation constituted by forces of ‘predominantly African character’, while being largely externally financed and structured by UN command and control and backstopping. Despite some achievements, UNAMID has been beset by significant authority, legitimacy, coordination, logistical and capacity challenges, including that it is yet to reach full deployment levels. This paper argues that UNAMID represents, on the one hand, an important attempt by the evolving AU to play a direct and effective role in regional peace operations, and contains elements of a viable model for other potential hybrid operations on the continent. On the other hand, however, the political compromise with Khartoum has continued to undermine the ability of UNAMID to provide adequate human security for the displaced and vulnerable civilian populations of Darfur
Compromise · Doctrine · Human rights · Human security · Legitimacy · Mandate · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Software deployment · Engineering · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration
The Cynicism of “African Solutions for African Problems”
Military responses to mass killing
Amis in Darfur
Africa's New Peace and Security Architecture
Cooperating for peace and security or competing for legitimacy in Africa? The case of the African Union in Darfur
The African Union's evolving role in peace operations
The responsibility to protect, as enshrined in article 4 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union
What to expect from regional integration in Africa
The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur
Au's Critical Assignment in Darfur
For a capability to protect
From non-intervention to non-indifference
Human security and development in Africa
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |