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Civil Wars: UN Security Council Insights

Explore the definition, attention, demands, and impacts of civil wars through the lens of UN Security Council resolutions, compliance data, and conflict party responses. This dataset analysis sheds light on compliance rates, sanctions, and peace processes in armed conflicts.

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Civil Wars: UN Security Council Insights

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  1. The UN Security Council and Civil War First Insights from a New Dataset

  2. A civil war is an… • armed conflict • between a government and one or more non-state opposition groups • causally linked to a dispute over government and/or territory in the state where force is used and • resulting in at least 500 battle-related deaths during a given year during the conflict. What is a civil war? Definition based on terminology developed by Uppsala University

  3. Security Council resolutions and civil wars Source: IPI Security Council Compliance Database, v. 1.01

  4. Security Council attention to active civil wars and postconflict situations Source: IPI Security Council Compliance Database, v.1.01

  5. Security Council demands to civil war parties by thematic category Source: IPI Security Council Compliance Database, v.1.01

  6. Security Council demands to civil-war parties by region Source: IPI Security Council Compliance Database, v.1.01

  7. Security Council demands to civil-war parties by political authority characteristics Data source: CIDCM Polity IV project, Freedom House Freedom in the World Country Ratings dataset, and IPI Security Council Compliance Database, v.1.01

  8. 44% of all demands to civil-war parties in Security Council resolutions reiterate commitments made by all or some conflict parties • UNSC’s endorsement of peace process raises reputational costs of non-compliance and signals international community’s endorsement of agreement among conflict parties Security Council demands reiterating prior commitments by civil-war parties

  9. Security Council demands to civil-war parties and the use of sanctions Source: IPI Security Council Compliance Database, v.1.01

  10. Analysis of extent and reasons for civil-war parties’ compliance and non-compliance with UN Security Council resolutions • Publication of edited volume and further policy reports • Publication of major database Next steps in this project

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