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This semester-long seminar course equips advanced international studies students with an understanding of the challenges of civilian protection in conflict zones, with a focus on Iraq and the broader Middle East. Students write a final research project examining civilian protection dynamics in a specific locality in Iraq. Topics include:
- Humanitarian approaches to the protection of IDPs
- Civilian access to healthcare under conflict
- International Human Rights Law and civilian protection
- The limits of civilian protection: Long-term health impacts of conflict
- Community-based forms of protection
- Security forces and civilians
Seminar Course: Civilian Protection in Conflict Zones
Co-Instructors: Mac Skelton (Ph.D.) and Abdurrahman A. Wahab (Ph.D.)
Fall 2020 - Spring 2022
This course is generously supported by a UKRI grant "Protecting Civilians from Harm" in partnership with GPPi.
