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UN Troop Deployment and Preventing Violence Against Civilians in Darfur

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Does the presence of UN peacekeeping force lower civilian fatalities at the local level? If it does, is it because of their coercive military capacity or for other reasons such as their roles in monitoring and reporting violent atrocities? To explore these questions, I study the deployment of peacekeeping units in Darfur and its impact on violence against civilians. Using original geocoded data of UN deployments before and after the intervention, I examine what aspects of such deployments impact one-sided civilian killings by government and rebel groups. Results indicate that deploying UN peacekeepers in an area restrains belligerent from targeting civilians. However, the military capacity of peacekeepers is not a significant predictor of violence against civilians. While their ability to defend themselves is extremely important for peacekeepers, these findings caution against the militarization trend in UN peacekeeping and seek to reshift focus on other substantive aspects of peacekeeping.

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  • Anup Phayal, 2019. "UN Troop Deployment and Preventing Violence Against Civilians in Darfur," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(5), pages 757-780, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ginixx:v:45:y:2019:i:5:p:757-780
    DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2019.1593161
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    1. Beber, Bernd, 2021. "Do peacekeepers contain conflict? Insights from spatially disaggregated data," Ruhr Economic Papers 931, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.

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