Course Catalogue

2021

PELP
PARTNERSHIP FOR

Peace Operations E-LEARNING ON

PEACE OPERATIONS

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Training Institute
 Expand your knowledge A Message from
of UN peacekeeping and Executive Director
related subjects Harvey Langholtz
The Peace Operations Training Institute® (POTI) offers
self-paced e-learning courses on current topics in peace Greetings. It is my pleasure
support, humanitarian relief, and security operations. The to welcome you to the Peace
curriculum builds solid, practical knowledge of peacekeeping Operations Training Institute and
operations and related topics. It includes courses written by our 2021 catalogue of programmes
a former Military Adviser to the United Nations Department and courses.
of Peace Operations (DPO), a former Force Commander,
published authors, experienced peacekeepers, and scholars Here at POTI, we offer self-paced e-learning on
who are recognized experts in their fields, as well as courses peacekeeping and related topics to students worldwide.
developed in partnership with the Australian Federal Police, The majority of our students are military peacekeepers,
the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), police, or civilian humanitarian relief workers already
the Centre for Military Ethics at King’s College London, the deployed on peacekeeping missions or in training for
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the University deployment. We provide over 2,000 enrolments weekly,
for Peace, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and our students study in situ at their own pace in English,
and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The most gratifying part of our work at POTI is hearing
(UNESCO), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
directly from you, our students. You participate in
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With 30 self-paced e-learning courses to choose from, view our archived videos and webinars, and email our staff
you can learn wherever you are, whenever your schedule and course authors.
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I’ve had the privilege of meeting many of you — earnest
Easy Enrolment and sincere men and women working tirelessly to bring
relief to the world’s most troubled regions. I wish you
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success in your studies.
enrol. Course materials are delivered immediately online, or
printed materials can be mailed to the student directly. Bulk
enrolment programmes can be made available to institutions Global Students
upon request. Students from 194 countries have enrolled in our e-learning
courses, both as individuals and as members of organizations
Self-Paced Study
that blend POTI e-learning into their own training programmes.
Each course contains all needed reading materials, learning These organizations include national peacekeeping training
objectives, and self-scoring End-of-Lesson Quizzes. At the centres, ministries of defence, non-governmental organizations
completion of their studies, students have two opportunities (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), peacekeeping
to earn a passing grade of 75 per cent on a unique missions, and educational institutions. A list of current enrolment
multiple-choice End-of-Course Examination through their programmes is included in this catalogue.
online classroom. Upon passing the exam, they are awarded
their own customized Certificate of Completion. Tuition-Free Courses
Accessibility The Peace Operations Training Institute normally offers 10 courses
at no cost to enrol. For the duration of the pandemic, POTI has
Through the POTI website, students may enrol, download
added five courses to the list of tuition-free courses. These five
their courses, submit their exams, email with their course
courses have been marked with double asterisks (**) throughout
authors, participate in discussions and webinars, watch
the catalogue.
introductory course videos, and experience other online
features. However, students with no internet access may still
receive support through post, fax, or telephone.

Learn more about our training at

<www.peaceopstraining.org/peacekeeper-training/>
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Table of Contents
E-Learning on Peacekeeping from POTI

Expand your knowledge of UN peacekeeping and related subjects 2

Our Programmes 5

Providing E-Learning Through National Peacekeeping Training Centres 6

Sponsors 18

The Curriculum

Common Core Courses

Principles and Guidelines for UN Peacekeeping Operations 7 The Role of United Nations Police in Peace Operations 12

Ethics in Peace Operations 7 Mine Action and Explosive Hazard Management: Humanitarian
Impact, Technical Aspects, and Global Initiatives 13
Introduction to the UN System: Orientation for Serving
on a UN Field Mission 7 Peacebuilding 13

Humanitarian Concepts and Human Rights Gender Awareness

UN Military Specialised Training Materials on Child Protection 8 Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the
Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa 14
Human Rights 8
Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the
Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Latin America and the
Human Rights and Peacekeeping 8 Caribbean 15

Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution 9 Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the
Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Asia and the Pacific 15
International Humanitarian Law and the Law of
Armed Conflict 9 Preventing Violence Against Women and Promoting Gender
Equality in Peacekeeping 15
Protection of Civilians 9
History of Peacekeeping Operations
Mission Components, Operations, and Procedures
The History of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations During
Protection of Cultural Property: Online Course for the Military, the Cold War: 1945 to 1987 16
Police, and Law Enforcement 10
The History of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Leading Within United Nations Peace Operations 10 Following the Cold War: 1988 to 1996 16

Humanitarian Relief Operations 11 The History of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations from
Retrenchment to Resurgence: 1997 to 2006 16
Ebola Virus Disease: Awareness and Precautions for
Peacekeeping Personnel 11 The History of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations from
2000–2020 16
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR): A
Practical Overview 11 Logistics

Logistical Support to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations:

Methods and Techniques for Serving on a Peacekeeping
An Introduction 17
Mission as a UN Military Observer 12

Operational Logistical Support of UN Peacekeeping Missions:

Civil-Military Coordination in Peace Operations 12
Intermediate Course 17

Cours en Français Cursos en Español

La majorité de nos cours sont disponibles en français. Pour Muchos de nuestros cursos están disponibles en español.
consulter la liste de nos cours traduits, veuillez consulter notre Ver las traducciones actualizadas y disponibles en nuestro
site internet à l’adresse <www.peaceopstraining.org/fr/>. sitio web <www.peaceopstraining.org/es/>.

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 Customize Your Training with These Options

Study individual courses » Earn a POST Certificate »

After successfully completing a course, students earn Students may demonstrate their expertise in Military
a Certificate of Completion. Certificates are available Studies, Police Studies, Civilian Service, Gender
in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Awareness, Logistical Support, and/or Human Rights
by earning a Peace Operations Specialized Training
A student may also request a transcript officially (POST) Certificate.
documenting the courses they have completed.
By following the curricula described in the table below
and taking a comprehensive exam, students can earn
a POST Certificate in up to six areas of specialization.

Peace Operations Specialized Training (POST) Certificate Areas of Specialization

Military Police Civilian Gender Logistical Human

Studies Studies Service Awareness Support Rights

Principles and Guidelines for UN Peacekeeping Operations

3-Course
Introduction to the UN System
Common
Core Any Women, Peace, and Security Course

Additional The Role of United

Mandatory Nations Police in
Peace Operations
Courses

Leading Within United Nations Peace Operations

Select 2 Ethics in Peace Operations

Electives Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution

Protection of Civilians

International International Humanitarian Relief Gender Perspectives Logistical Support to

in United Nations UN Peacekeeping Human Rights
Humanitarian Law Humanitarian Law Operations
Peacekeeping Operations

Civil-Military Civil-Military Civil-Military Civil-Military Civil-Military

Humanitarian Relief
Coordination in Coordination in Coordination in Coordination in Coordination in
Operations
Peace Operations Peace Operations Peace Operations Peace Operations Peace Operations

Select 3
Disarmament, Disarmament, Disarmament, Disarmament,
from Area of Demobilization, and Demobilization, and Demobilization, and Demobilization, and
Specialization Reintegration Reintegration Reintegration Reintegration

UN Military Specialised UN Military Specialised UN Military Specialised UN Military Specialised

Training Materials on Training Materials on Training Materials on Training Materials on
Child Protection Child Protection Child Protection Child Protection

Mine Action and Mine Action and

Explosive Hazard Explosive Hazard Preventing Violence Operational Logistical Human Rights and
Management Management Against Women Support Peacekeeping

UNMO

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Our Programmes
National Training Centre E-Learning Platform (NTCELP)
Under NTCELP, select national training centres in Africa,
South Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America and
the Caribbean use the Institute’s courses to supplement
face-to-face classroom training. This creates a blended
learning experience for students and a ready-made e-learning
curriculum for training centres. Students from eligible National
Training Centres earn Certificates of Completion jointly issued
by both institutions and take courses at no cost.

Individual E-Learning for Peacekeepers from Select

Regions (IELP)
The IELP programme provides military personnel, police, and
gendarmerie from partnering nations in Africa, Latin America
and the Caribbean, and South Asia access to POTI courses
at no cost through direct communication with ministries of
defence, police training centres, and capitals. This includes
individuals who may not be assigned to a class at a national
peacekeeping training centre and nations that do not have a UN Photo by Marco Dormino

national peacekeeping training centre. IELP is also available

to civilian employees of ministries of defence and other E-Learning for Mission Staff (ELMS)
government agencies involved in peacekeeping.
This programme provides all POTI courses at no cost for all
military personnel, police, and civilians assigned to all UN and
AU missions. This programme also covers EU peace missions,
UN peace support and peacebuilding offices, and political
missions.

E-Learning for Peacekeepers in the Asia Pacific (ELPAP)

ELPAP allows national peacekeeping centre students and staff
from Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati,
Malaysia, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands,
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam to
study POTI’s e-learning courses on peacekeeping at no cost.
This programme is also available to all military, police, and
gendarmerie of these nations.

E-Learning for Mission Leadership in Peace Operations

(MLPO)
Through MLPO, all senior mission leadership are entitled to
enrol in any POTI e-learning course while they are either on
mission or in preparation for mission. MLPO also includes
anyone who has participated in or is scheduled to participate
in any Senior Mission Leadership, Senior Leadership
Programme, Senior Mission Administrative and Resource
Training, Mission Advanced Staff Training, the Intensive
Orientation Course, and other programmes of training for
senior mission leadership.

E-Learning on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)

This programme provides no-cost enrolments for all in three
regionally-focused courses developed in cooperation with UN
Women.

Other Bulk Enrolment Programmes

The Institute offers additional opportunities for bulk-enrolment
programmes whereby institutions may integrate POTI courses
UN Photo by Harandane Dicko into their own training programmes.

Learn more about our eligibility programmes at

<https://www.peaceopstraining.org/peacekeeper-training/eligibility_programmes/>

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Providing E-Learning Through National
Peacekeeping Training Centres

Many national peacekeeping training centres worldwide subscribe to the National

Training Centre E-Learning Platform (NTCELP) and E-Learning for Peacekeepers
in the Asia Pacific (ELPAP). Countries participating in the NTCELP and ELPAP
programmes appear in grey on the map.
Under NTCELP and ELPAP, national training centres provide their classroom students with a blended learning curriculum
that combines their classroom courses with POTI e-learning. Students earn Certificates of Completion jointly issued
by both institutions.

Currently, POTI e-learning is available at more than 40 national peacekeeping training centres worldwide. Individual
E-Learning for Peacekeepers from Select Regions (IELP) extends the availability of NTCELP to peacekeepers from
select nations who may not be assigned to a class at a national peacekeeping training centre or those without their
own national peacekeeping training centre.

Visit <https://ntcelp.peaceopstraining.org> and <https://elpap.peaceopstraining.org/> to learn

more.

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The Curriculum
Common Core Courses Introduction to the UN System:
Orientation for Serving on a UN Field
Principles and Guidelines for UN
Mission
Peacekeeping Operations
[In English, French, and Spanish] Free Tuition for All**
[In English and French] Free Tuition for All
This course introduces the purpose and principles of the
This course was developed in consultation with the UN
United Nations, its institutional framework, and its active
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (now Department
leadership role in the global pursuit of peace, security, and
of Peace Operations) Policy, Evaluation and Training Division.
development. The legal foundations of the UN are discussed,
It is based on the internal publication United Nations
as well as applications of international humanitarian law,
Peacekeeping Operations: Principles and Guidelines, which
human rights, and the protection of civilians. Practical field
is more widely known under its informal name — Capstone
techniques for communication, negotiation, and mediation,
Doctrine. This publication is a comprehensive document that
as well as the general obligations and responsibilities of
defines and promulgates available peacekeeping doctrine,
UN field personnel, are also presented. Subject matter
definitions, procedures, and policy. In 10 lessons, it introduces
and objectives for this course are based on UN policy,
the concept and evolution of UN peacekeeping, explains
doctrine, and related resources. This edition provides both
the decision process that precedes the deployment of a
historical context and contemporary discussion regarding
peace operation, and then discusses the planning process to
the adaptive response and service of the UN to the dynamic
implement that decision. It also explains the art of successful
global community. These points are especially relevant as
mandate implementation and addresses the management
the UN began a new era on its seventieth anniversary in
of peace operations, how operations are supported and
2015 with the completion of the Millennium Development
sustained, and how they are concluded at their termination.
Goals and the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Institute’s course Principles and Guidelines is designed
Nine lessons, 221 pages.
to teach this UN doctrine to all personnel serving in the field
and at Headquarters as well as to those who are new to UN
COURSE AUTHOR: Mr. Julian Harston, Assistant
peacekeeping. Ten lessons, 208 pages.
Secretary-General (retired), United Nations, previously
served as the Representative of the Secretary-General
DEVELOPED IN CONSULTATION WITH: General (retired)
in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2009 as well as the Special
Robert Gordon was a co-drafter of the original publication,
Representative of the Secretary-General for the United
Commander of UN South Sector West Bosnia (UNPROFOR)
Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
in 1994, and Force Commander of the UN Mission in Ethiopia
(MINURSO) from 2007 to 2009. Currently, Mr. Harston is
and Eritrea (UNMEE) from 2002 to 2004. General Gordon
an independent consultant on matters of international
also serves as a Lead Mentor of the UN Senior Mission
peace and security. He also lectures at the NATO School
Leadership Training Courses and as the Chair of the Peace
in Oberammergau, Germany, and the Polish Institute for
Operations Training Institute Board of Directors.
Diplomacy in Warsaw.
Ethics in Peace Operations
[In English, French, and Spanish]
Developed by King’s College London’s Centre for Military
Ethics, this course presents a general introduction to
the basic ethical aspects of peace operations. The UN
Core Values — integrity, professionalism, and respect
for diversity — form the basis for this course. Through
the use of case studies and practical examples, this
compilation aims to be a guideline for peace support
personnel in the field. Topics include: the Code of Conduct;
cultural awareness; gender and peace operations;
sexual exploitation and abuse and human trafficking;
child protection; human rights in peace operations; HIV/
AIDS awareness; and UN guidelines and procedures on
discipline for uniformed peace operations forces. The
course also includes recent reforms within the UN System
and an increased focus on the gender perspective in peace
operations. Eight lessons, 160 pages.

This course was developed by the Centre for Military Ethics,

UN Photo by Manuel Elías
King’s College London in collaboration with POTI.

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 Humanitarian Concepts and Human Rights

UN Military Specialised Training

Materials on Child Protection
[In English] Free Tuition for All
New! These training modules aim at introducing child
protection concepts and providing child protection
mission-specific tactical situations to military and police
contingent leaders and staff. The materials intend to
promote a better understanding of the missions’ child
protection mandates, actors in the mission and outside of
the mission who contribute to the protection of children, and
actors integral to the coordination of child protection. Six
modules, 218 pages.

These course materials have been sourced directly from

the United Nations Peacekeeping Resource Hub under a
revocable licence issued by the Integrated Training Service.

Human Rights UN Photo by Loey Felipe

[In English and French]

This course is a comprehensive historical overview of
the theory and practice of human rights. It explores the Human Rights and Peacekeeping
different kinds of human rights, the various international
and regional documents necessary to protect and enforce [In English]
them, and the historical difficulties and conflicts that This course examines the cross-cutting principles and
have occurred in spite of, and often because of, human obligations concerning human rights within the specific
rights. The course includes extensive discussions on the context of armed conflicts and United Nations peace
development of the various human rights treaties and operations. Human rights is a dimension that transcends all
enforcement mechanisms, the special protection given to phases and employs all components of a peace operation,
vulnerable groups, human rights during armed conflict, and often leading to complex implementation planning and
current debates involving human rights, such as the use of coordination, which this course traces and delineates.
technology either to promote or restrict human rights, and The course begins by reviewing the landmark documents
the increasing international significance of stateless actors and instruments indispensable to the protection of human
like transnational corporations and terrorist groups. Fifteen rights in theory, before demonstrating how such protection
lessons, 356 pages. is enforced and performed on the ground. It discusses
the various types of human rights violations, identifies
COURSE AUTHOR: Jessica C. Lawrence, Ph.D., J.D., is an the groups of people especially at risk, and conducts a
expert on transnational law, including economic law, human thorough analysis of the concept of protection. The course
rights, environmental protection, and migration law. She contains important sections on human rights partners
previously held positions with the European Environmental and on the process of accountability, which, as the course
Bureau, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, the demonstrates, is essential in peace operations if an
South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, and the established peace is to be long-lasting and sustainable. Ten
New Zealand Human Rights Commission. She also served lessons, 284 pages.
as a consultant and visiting professor for the University of
Peace from 2009 to 2010 and as an Assistant Professor at COURSE AUTHOR: Mr. Patrick Marega Castellan is a human
Central European University. Dr. Lawrence is currently a rights consultant who has served in various capacities for
Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex. United Nations missions in Haiti, Darfur, Angola, and Liberia.
In addition to serving as a human rights adviser on several
United Nations peace operations, he has worked in Geneva
with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR) Methodology, Education, and
Training Section providing advice to OHCHR staff, peace
operations, and UN and non-UN partners in the areas
of human rights and peace operations and training and
methodology support.

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Peacekeeping and International Conflict Protection of Civilians
Resolution [In English and French]
[In English, French, and Spanish] Free Tuition for All With violence increasing around the globe, the protection of
Recently updated! The aim of this course is to provide the civilians (POC) has become a cornerstone of United Nations
student with a basic understanding of the field of conflict peacekeeping mandates. Protection of Civilians explores
resolution and its application, theoretically and practically, the history of POC, its application in current events, and
to peacekeeping intervention in contemporary international practical options for consideration for those undertaking this
conflicts. The nature of conflict and the dynamics of task. The course begins by exploring the POC concept and
contemporary conflict are defined, along with the key its legal basis in UN peacekeeping operations. Later lessons
concepts and techniques for resolving conflict. The course explore traditional and new threats to civilians, including
explores the significant areas that will improve responses extremist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the
to today’s complex emergencies, including conflict analysis Levant (ISIL/ISIS), sexual violence in armed conflict, and
and mapping, early warning and conflict prevention, the protection of children. This edition incorporates the UN
cultural understanding, and gender awareness. The 2020 2015 Policy on the Protection of Civilians in United Nations
edition of this course covers the continued development Peacekeeping and examines missions launched since 2012,
of peacekeeping doctrine, theory, and practice in conflict including the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated
analysis and resolution. It also offers new insights into Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the United
the impact of information and communication technology Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in
on peacekeeping and conflict resolution. Ten lessons, 260 the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Seven lessons, 149
pages. pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Tom Woodhouse held the COURSE AUTHOR: Mr. Julian Harston, Assistant
Adam Curle Chair in Conflict Resolution at the University of Secretary-General (retired), United Nations, previously
Bradford from 1999–2012. He founded the Centre for Conflict served as the Representative of the Secretary-General
Resolution at the University of Bradford in 1990. He has in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2009 as well as the Special
been attached to the Department of Peace Studies since its Representative of the Secretary-General for MINURSO,
formation in 1974, when he was appointed as a Research Western Sahara, from 2007 to 2009. Currently, Mr. Harston
Assistant to the founding Professor, Adam Curle. He retired is an independent consultant on matters of international
from his post in October 2012 and is currently an Emeritus peace and security. He also lectures at the NATO School
Professor at the University of Bradford. in Oberammergau, Germany, and the Polish Institute for
Diplomacy in Warsaw.
International Humanitarian Law and the
Law of Armed Conflict
[In English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish]
Recently updated! This course covers international
humanitarian law (IHL) as applied to soldiers, humanitarian
workers, refugees, displaced persons, and others involved
with armed conflict. Topics include background and
definitions, protection of victims, rights of prisoners of war,
rules of conduct in hostilities, means of implementation,
human rights and IHL, the applicability of IHL to
peacekeeping and peace enforcement, different applications
to international and intra-national conflicts, terrorism,
sovereignty, and the role of the International Red Cross
in international humanitarian law. This course deals with
complex legal and military issues. Eight lessons, 160 pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: Mr. Antoine Bouvier served as a Legal

Adviser in the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) Advisory Service on IHL in Geneva. From 1996 to
1998, he was Deputy Head of the ICRC Division for Policy and
Co-operation within the Movement. From 1998 to 2008, Mr.
Bouvier held the position of Legal Adviser and Delegate to
Academic Circles in the Communication Division. He retired
from the ICRC in 2016 and now works as a consultant.

UN Photo by Herve Serefio

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 Leading Within United Nations Peace
Operations
[In English, French, and Spanish] Free Tuition for All**
This course was designed for military, police, and civilian
students who may find themselves in leadership positions
in peacekeeping operations or for those wishing to
understand the responsibilities and difficulties that come
with commanding a peacekeeping operation. It is useful
for participants at the strategic, operational, and tactical
levels and for senior and junior leaders on peacekeeping
operations. Previously titled Commanding United Nations
Peacekeeping Operations, this course has been revised
and renamed to recognize the critical role of all leaders in
peace operations and to respond to ongoing developments
in UN policy and reform and recent experiences in UN
and international peace operations. Topics include:
UN organs and agencies; the initiation and definitions
of UN peace operations; the UN Department of Peace
Operations (DPO) and the peacekeeping doctrine; the
relationship and agreements between the UN and troop-
and police-contributing countries; training and preparation
responsibilities; the selection and preparation of UN mission
UN Photo by Fardin Waezi leaders; the Chain of Command; sustainability and logistical
support requirements; memorandums of understanding;
civil-military coordination; mission components and
mission integration; cross-cutting issues such as human
Mission Components, Operations, and Procedures rights, DDR, gender, and safety and security; the medical
responsibilities of commanders; tactical techniques;
Protection of Cultural Property: Online
and much more. The course also faithfully reproduces
Course for the Military, Police, and Law primary documents such as the Model Memorandum of
Enforcement Understanding, a United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
[In English] Free Tuition for All Soldier’s Pocket Card that contains the Rules
of Engagement, and other support material. Eight lessons,
New! Co-published with the United Nations Educational,
261 pages.
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), this course
covers the laws and best practices concerning the protection
of cultural property during armed conflicts. International COURSE AUTHOR: Major General (retired) Tim Ford,
humanitarian law, or the law of armed conflict, prohibits the Royal Australian Army, is a former Head of Mission, United
wilful destruction of cultural property in armed conflict. Not Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), and
complying with international protective rules may constitute former Military Adviser to the Secretary-General. During
a war crime that may result in the prosecution of individual his military career, General Ford served in a wide variety
soldiers and their commanders. Therefore, it is paramount of command, staff, and training appointments in Australia
that everyone in the field knows the do’s and don’ts when and overseas. For the last five years of his military career,
encountering cultural property in the course of operations. he was employed in UN appointments as Head of Mission,
UNTSO, in the Middle East from 1998 to 2000 and as
the military adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping
The course has been developed to support the
Operations (now Department of Peace Operations) at UN
implementation of rules governing the protection of cultural
Headquarters from 2000 to 2002.
property, which aim to protect cultural property before,
during, and after armed conflict and prevent it from being
destructed, pillaged, looted, or illicitly trafficked. Although
broadly applicable to military operations and activities, the
course has been made with UN peace operations in mind.
It describes some real-life situations from earlier missions
in conflict areas and touches on relevant topics, such as
preparedness, gender, and civil-military cooperation.

This course is based on the UNESCO Military Manual on

Cultural Property Protection. Five lessons, 69 pages.

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 Ebola Virus Disease: Awareness and
Precautions for Peacekeeping Personnel
[In English and French] Free Tuition for All
This course, developed in partnership with the World Health
Organization, is intended to be a general introductory
primer to Ebola awareness and prevention for peacekeepers
who are not working in a medical or public health capacity.
The World Health Organization declared that the 2014 Ebola
outbreak in parts of West Africa was a severe acute public
health emergency. Cultivating an awareness of the disease
and proper precautionary measures are necessary to
protect mission staff from the illness. This course presents
a compilation of World Health Organization materials on
general information about Ebola Virus Disease, how the
virus is spread, the symptoms and diagnosis, infection
prevention techniques, possible treatments, and mission
protocol. Three lessons, 58 pages.
UN Photo by Victoria Hazou

Disarmament, Demobilization, and

Humanitarian Relief Operations Reintegration (DDR): A Practical
Overview
[In English, French, and Spanish] Free Tuition for All**
[In English, French, and Spanish]
Recently updated! This course teaches students how
humanitarian relief is provided to refugees and victims of The aim of the disarmament, demobilization, and
war and natural disasters. The course begins with a history reintegration (DDR) process is to contribute to security
of humanitarian relief and highlights the development and stability in post-conflict situations so that recovery
of humanitarian action in the twentieth and twenty-first and development can begin. The DDR of ex-combatants
centuries and various international humanitarian is a complex process, with political, military, security,
organizations. The principles of humanitarian intervention, humanitarian, and socioeconomic dimensions. It aims to
including respect for at-risk populations such as women and address the post-conflict security problem that results from
children, and the importance of international humanitarian ex-combatants left without livelihoods or support networks
law are then explored. Critical management techniques for during the critical transition period from conflict to peace.
humanitarian emergencies, refugee camps, and community This course will help UN and national decision-makers
health care are also covered. The course concludes with to understand the aims, objectives, and practical issues
a look at the importance of logistics in humanitarian related to a DDR process. It will present different policies
action and the effects of disasters on nutrition. The and strategies for the development, management, and
2021 update to this course reflects current humanitarian evaluation of a DDR programme based on the International
relief doctrine, including the latest edition of the Sphere DDR Standards (IDDRS), which consolidate over 15 years
Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in of UN lessons and good practices on DDR issues. Seven
Humanitarian Response. Nine lessons, 230 pages. lessons, 237 pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: Lieutenant Colonel René Wagemans COURSE AUTHOR: Mr. Cornelis Steenken is a DDR/Small
(retired) began his career in the Belgian Army in 1977 where Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)/Security Sector Reform
he served as head of the Humanitarian Crisis Response (SSR)/Post-conflict consultant. He co-created the Pearson
Branch (OF-4) at the General Staff. He retired in 2014 Peacekeeping Centre’s DDR course, which included all
and served as a reservist until 2019 within the same staff components of SALW, demobilization planning, reinsertion,
position. In his career, Wagemans participated in several and social and economic reintegration. Mr. Steenken served
peacekeeping/peace enforcement missions in staff and as the Senior Adviser on DDR at the Swedish Defence
command functions. As a representative of the Belgian University from 2004 to 2008. In April 2008, Mr. Steenken
Army and member of the Belgian First Aid and Support was selected as the first Coordinator of the UN Inter-Agency
Team, he participated in several humanitarian relief Working Group on DDR.
operations, most recently after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
He has been an UNDAC member since 2005 and deployed
as a team member and team leader to several disasters.
Between 2011 and 2019, Wagemans was a lecturer,
facilitator, and coach for different UN OCHA courses as
well as courses related to the European Civil Protection
Mechanism.

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Methods and Techniques for Serving on The Role of United Nations Police in
a Peacekeeping Mission as a UN Military Peace Operations
Observer [In English, French, and Spanish] Free Tuition for All
[In English, French, and Spanish] Developed in partnership with the Australian Federal
This course puts the work of UN Military Observers (UNMOs) Police, this course translates current UN Police policies
and other Military Experts on Mission in context by offering into practical and clear guidance that will help UN Police
an explanation of peacekeeping operations and illustrating perform their mandated tasks in the field. It covers the
specific methods and techniques for serving on mission. history of UN policing, including synopses of key documents,
Beginning with a strategic overview of the UN, the course and offers an overview of the structure and reporting lines
moves through the operational spectrum of the Department of the UN Police Division and a typical peace operation.
of Peace Operations and ends at the tactical level of “on Specific chapters cover the four key pillars of the Strategic
the ground” knowledge and skills required for an individual Guidance Framework: Operations, Command and Control,
UNMO to succeed. This edition includes expanded lessons, Administration, and Capacity-Building. The course also
updated practical recommendations, and new technical examines gender mainstreaming efforts within UN Police;
details. Fourteen lessons, 258 pages. the unique security needs of women and children; cultural
considerations; and the role of UN Police in addressing
COURSE AUTHOR: Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Egil Nordli, sexual and gender-based violence, serious and organized
Norwegian Army, served as Military Assistant to the Head crime, and partnerships with other State, regional, and
of Mission at UNTSO from 2009 to 2011. From 2002 to 2004, international rule of law institutions. Eight lessons, 143
he was the Commanding Officer of the Norwegian Army pages.
High Readiness Forces/CIMIC Battalion. He was Chief of
the Nordic Military Planning and Coordination Element in COURSE AUTHOR: Detective Superintendent (retired)
Stockholm, Sweden, from 2005 to 2008. He also served Sue King, Australian Federal Police, has 22 years of
as a Section Chief/Chief Instructor at the Swedish Armed policing experience and worked as the Police Adviser at
Forces International Centre from 1998 to 2000 and as a the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Commanding Officer of the Baltic Battalion Training Team in She provides advice on peacekeeping, conflict prevention,
the Baltic States. organized crime, sexual violence, police capacity
development, and counterterrorism. King drafted the
Civil-Military Coordination in Peace first-ever UN Security Council resolution on policing, which
Operations provides strategic direction and guidance on the role of UN

[In English and French] Free Tuition for All** Police in conflict-affected countries.

Civil-military coordination (CIMIC) provides the interface

between the military component of a UN peace operation and
the political, humanitarian, developmental, human rights,
and the rule of law components of the mission, as well as
others in the larger peacebuilding system. CIMIC is a crucial
function in any complex peace operation because it is a
“force-multiplier” that contributes to the mission achieving
a system-wide impact on the conflict system it is attempting
to transform. While aimed at UN-CIMIC officers, all military
and civilian students will find this course useful, as it will
improve their understanding of the institutional cooperation
that needs to occur between mission components, and
between the mission and the rest of the system, to ensure
a sustainable peace process. The focus of the course is on
principles, policies, and broad approaches and provides
examples of CIMIC structures and operations from a number
of UN and African missions. Nine lessons, 297 pages.

COURSE AUTHORS: Colonel (retired) Christopher Holshek,

US Army Civil Affairs, is an international peace and security
consultant focused on civil-military relations and operations
and peace and stability operations education and training.
He previously served on UNMIL. Cedric de Coning, Ph.D., is a
senior researcher with the Peace and Conflict Research Group
at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and
a senior adviser on peacekeeping and peacebuilding for the
UN Photo by Mark Garten
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes.
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 Peacebuilding
[In English and French]
Peacebuilding has emerged over the last two decades
as one of the most enduring concepts of the United
Nations System. This course introduces students to the
concept of peacebuilding by examining the major actors
working in the field of peacebuilding, key documents, and
the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. UN involvement in
peacebuilding has expanded since the groundbreaking 1992
publication of An Agenda for Peace and the creation of the
Peacebuilding Commission in 2005. The course provides an
overview of the development of the field of peacebuilding,
examines UN ideas on peacebuilding, explores global
developments in peacebuilding in recent years and planning
for peacebuilding, and includes a focused case study of UN
peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. Eight lessons, 233 pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: George F. Oliver, Ph.D., served 31 years

UN Photo by John Charles Monua in the United States Army before turning to a career in
academia. He has taught, written, and lectured around the
world on the role of the military in peace operations and
peacebuilding. Dr. Oliver received his Ph.D. from the George
Mine Action and Explosive Hazard Mason University School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Management: Humanitarian Impact, and joined the faculty of the US Naval War College in
Technical Aspects, and Global Initiatives Newport, Rhode Island, in November 2005 as a Professor of
[In English and French] Free Tuition for All Joint Military Operations.

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
(GICHD) have collaborated with POTI to develop this
course, which offers a comprehensive introduction to the
policies, procedures, and standards that shape Mine Action
activity around the world as countries and NGOs pursue the
eradication of these hazards. Landmines and other explosive
remnants of war (ERW) plague more than 50 countries on
every inhabited continent and continue to cause casualties
to civilians even decades after conflicts end. This course
seeks to empower students with the knowledge to champion
the United Nations’ vision of “a world free of the threat
of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), including
cluster munitions, where individuals and communities
live in a safe environment conducive to development
and where the human rights and the needs of mine and
ERW victims are met and survivors are fully integrated
as equal members of their societies”. Topics include the
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa MBT); mine action
guidelines for ceasefires and peace agreements; landmine
and ERW safety training; identifying landmines and ERW;
International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and guidelines
for application; victim assistance; mine risk education;
UNICEF mine action strategy; mine information; mine
action assessment; and the electronic mine action network
E-MINE. A new lesson addresses the concern of identifying
and responding to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
Eight lessons, 324 pages.

This course was developed by UNMAS and GICHD in UN Photo by Andrew Hau
collaboration with POTI.

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 Gender Awareness
In Collaboration with UN Women:
Gender Perspectives in United Nations Courses on the Implementation of the
Peacekeeping Operations
Security Council Resolutions on the
[In English, French, and Spanish]
Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
This course addresses the conceptual and operational
issues involved in integrating a gender perspective into
multidimensional peace operations. It describes the
problems related to gender within contemporary armed
conflict by contextualizing the evolution of gender relations
within the history of world conflict. The course also
explores many important concepts such as gender equity,
gender balance, and gender equality, along with several
underreported realities of conflict, such as sexual violence
against men and sexual exploitation and abuse committed
by UN peacekeepers. Invoking the various UN and non-UN
instruments of human rights and gender equality, the UN Photo by Eskinder Debebe

course emphasizes the need for women to play a strategic UN Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka,
role in all levels of decision-making in regional, national, and Executive Director of UN Women, greets students with a video
international institutes and mechanisms. Seven lessons, 245 introducing the Women, Peace, and Security courses. View here:
<http://www.peaceopstraining.org/videos/364/un-women-
pages. executive-director-phumzile-mlambo-ngcuka-introduces-wps/>.

COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Ximena Jiménez is an In October 2000, the UN Security Council
international gender, women, peace, and security unanimously adopted UN Security Council resolution
consultant. She has undertaken research in international 1325 (2000) — a turning point in understanding and
recognizing the role of women and girls in issues
relations and UN peacekeeping regarding issues such as
of peace and security. SCR 1325 has been further
gender, civil-military coordination, the protection of civilians,
substantiated through other Security Council
child protection, the UN Code of Conduct, preventing sexual
resolutions, including UNSCRs 1820 (2008), 1888
violence in conflict, human rights, and genocide, among (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122
others. She regularly holds lectures and participates in (2013), 2242 (2015), 2467 (2019), and 2493 (2019).
conferences, seminars, and workshops in universities, peace
training centres, government institutions, UN agencies, and This three-course suite was developed by the
regional organizations such as NATO. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in
Implementation of the UN Security collaboration with POTI with the purpose of raising
Council Resolutions on the Women, awareness about the importance of these SCRs
Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa to build capacities for their implementation and to
promote sustainable implementation at the regional
[In English and French] Free Tuition for All and national levels. Each course focuses on the
While informative for any student interested in the topic, efforts, challenges, and prospects of this agenda
this course was specially designed for people who work in in one of three world regions: Africa, Asia and the
Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
the area of peace and security at the national or regional
levels in Africa and require a practical tool to support and
facilitate the implementation of the women, peace, and
security agenda. The first three lessons focus more broadly
on the role the UN plays in promoting a peace and security
agenda, including from a gender perspective and the role
of SCR 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions. Within
this context, Lessons 4 and 5 highlight the challenges and
priorities specific to the African region. Finally, Lesson
6 examines the role of both regional and subregional
organizations in supporting national implementation of the
resolution. Six lessons, 226 pages.

This course was developed by the United Nations Entity

for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN
UN Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran
Women) in collaboration with POTI.

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 Preventing Violence Against Women
and Promoting Gender Equality in
Peacekeeping
[In English, French, and Spanish] Free Tuition for All**
Violence against women and gender inequality are problems
in every part of the world. Developed in partnership with
DCAF — Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance, this
course aims to assist peacekeeping personnel in promoting
the human rights and security of women and girls. It does
so through lessons emphasizing the nature and scope of
violence against women and girls around the globe, the
UN Photo by Martine Perret connections between gender inequality and violence in both
public and domestic spaces, as well as on interpersonal,
community, national, regional, and international levels.
Implementation of the UN Security Other lessons cover women’s rights as human rights and the
Council Resolutions on the Women, international United Nations mandate to involve women in
Peace, and Security Agenda in Latin key roles within peacemaking and peacebuilding processes
America and the Caribbean at every stage and every level of authority. Readings and
case studies provide examples to assist peacekeeping
[In English and Spanish] Free Tuition for All personnel with considering how they, as individuals and as
While informative for any student interested in the topic, teams, can work to promote gender equality and to change
this course was specially designed for people who work in the attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate violence. Ten
the area of peace and security at the national or regional lessons, 283 pages.
levels in Latin America and the Caribbean and require a
practical tool to support and facilitate the implementation COURSE AUTHORS: Jennifer Wittwer, CSM, is an
of the women, peace, and security agenda. The first three international consultant on gender and women, peace, and
lessons focus more broadly on the role the UN plays in security (WPS). She served with the Australian Defence
promoting a peace and security agenda, including from a Force (ADF) for 37 years and remains an active reservist.
gender perspective and the role of SCR 1325 (2000) and She has extensive experience in cultural reform, strategic
subsequent resolutions. Within this context, Lessons 4 and human resource management, gender equality, and
5 highlight the challenges and priorities specific to Latin implementation of the WPS agenda. Wittwer was the first
America and the Caribbean. Five lessons, 220 pages. ADF officer to deploy to Afghanistan in 2013 as a gender
adviser. She was later responsible for implementing the
This course was developed by the United Nations Entity Australian national action plan on WPS into the ADF, and
for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN in her last ADF posting, she was seconded to the peace
Women) in collaboration with POTI. and security section of UN Women in New York as a policy
specialist and military liaison officer on peacekeeping and
Implementation of the UN Security sexual exploitation and abuse.
Council Resolutions on the Women,
Peace, and Security Agenda in Asia and Megan Bastick is a Gender and Security Fellow with DCAF.
the Pacific She co-edited DCAF’s Toolkit and Training Resource Package
on Gender and Security Sector Reform and is co-author of
[In English] Free Tuition for All
Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Global Overview and
While informative for any student interested in the topic,
Implications for the Security Sector.
this course was specially designed for people who work in
the area of peace and security at the national or regional
levels in Asia and the Pacific and require a practical tool to
support and facilitate the implementation of the women,
peace, and security agenda. The first three lessons focus
more broadly on the role the UN plays in promoting a peace
and security agenda, including from a gender perspective
and the role of SCR 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions.
Within this context, Lessons 4 and 5 highlight the challenges
and priorities specific to Asia and the Pacific region. Five
lessons, 218 pages.

This course was developed by the United Nations Entity UN Photo by Nektarios Markogiannis
for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN
Women) in collaboration with POTI.
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 History of Peacekeeping Operations

The History of United Nations

Peacekeeping Operations During the
Cold War: 1945 to 1987
[In English, French, and Spanish]
This course provides students with an understanding of the
genesis, origin, evolution, function, and effectiveness of UN
peacekeeping during the Cold War. It covers the Arab-Israeli
conflict and missions in Korea, Lebanon, the Congo, India
and Pakistan, the Middle East, Cyprus, and Africa. Military
peacekeeping is discussed as a means to promote the
peaceful settlement of disputes. Eleven lessons, 206 pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Sunil Ram served in the

Canadian Armed Forces from 1980 to 1999. Professor Ram
is an acknowledged expert in the fields of peacekeeping,
military affairs, and the Middle East. He has over a decade
UN Photo by Gema Cortes
of experience as a military adviser, including involvement in
the 1991 Gulf War and the Yemeni conflict in the 1990s. Mr.
F. T. Liu worked at UN Headquarters from 1970 to 1986. As
Assistant Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, he
The History of United Nations
assisted the Secretary-General in managing and supervising
Peacekeeping Operations from
UN peacekeeping operations and related peacekeeping
missions.
2000–2020
[In English]
The History of United Nations
New! This course provides a general summary of major
Peacekeeping Operations Following the trends and patterns in UN peacekeeping during the
Cold War: 1988 to 1996 twenty-first century and provides short histories of more
[In English, French, and Spanish] than 30 UN peacekeeping operations active between 2000
and mid-2020. It summarizes the key issues involved in
This course traces the resurgence and subsequent
the UN’s efforts to develop partnerships with an array of
retrenchment of UN peacekeeping and peace enforcement
other peacekeeping organizations and actors. The author
during the years following the Cold War, discussing both the
presents a synopsis of the main attempts to develop
successes and the failures. It covers the operations in the
guidelines for UN peacekeepers fit for the twenty-first
Persian Gulf, Yugoslavia, Somalia, Rwanda, Mozambique,
century. Importantly, this course summarizes some of the
Angola, Cambodia, and Central America. Eleven lessons,
main impacts that UN peacekeeping operations have had on
325 pages.
armed conflict, according to recent academic research. Ten
lessons, 197 pages.
COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Sunil Ram and Mr. F. T. Liu.

The History of United Nations COURSE AUTHOR: Paul D. Williams is currently a Professor
Peacekeeping Operations from in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George
Washington University, where he is also Associate Director
Retrenchment to Resurgence: 1997 to
of the Security Policy Studies MA programme. In 2014–2015,
2006
he was a fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Center for
[In English, French, and Spanish] International Scholars, and between 2012 and 2019, he
This course traces the retrenchment of UN peacekeeping served as a non-resident senior adviser at the International
operations in the late 1990s and early twenty-first Peace Institute in New York. Dr. Williams is the author
century, which led to an increase in the size, scope, and of several books related to peace operations, including
complexity of new and existing UN peacekeeping and peace Understanding Peacekeeping (Polity Press, 3rd edition,
enforcement operations. The course covers operations in 2021); Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A history and analysis
Haiti, Guatemala, the Balkans, and Africa. Eight lessons, 330 of the African Union Mission, 2007-2017 (Oxford University
pages. Press, 2018); War and Conflict in Africa (Polity Press, 2nd
edition, 2016); and is the co-editor and contributor to
COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Sunil Ram. The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations (Oxford University Press, 2015).

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 Operational Logistical Support of UN
Peacekeeping Missions: Intermediate
Course
[In English, French, and Spanish]
Recent years have seen a proliferation of United Nations
logistics-related manuals, directives, and training materials
tied to the Global Field Support Strategy (GFSS) and its
effects on mission support. As the intermediate course
in the logistics suite, this course builds on students’
knowledge and only highlights information from the first
course where it is appropriate for the learning objective of
a lesson. Where the introductory course provided students
with the evolution, focus, and objectives of the GFSS, this
intermediate course explores the practicalities the GFSS has
on mission support. While the UN has created a wealth of
training material to help users understand how to operate
the Umoja system and the processes behind the software,
this course illustrates how the technology fits into the
overall operational logistics support to UN peacekeeping
missions. Ten lessons, 189 pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: Major (retired) Don Leslie, Canadian

Armed Forces, joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1975.
Major Leslie conducted reconnaissance and assessment for
UN Photo by Marco Dormino UN missions in Haiti, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia.
He has also worked extensively on Canadian missions in
Mozambique, Western Sahara, Cyprus, Iran/Iraq, Kuwait,
Nagorno Karabakh, and the Middle East. Major Leslie was
Logistics
a Canadian delegate to the United Nations Working Group
Logistical Support to United Nations on the Reform of the Methodology for Reimbursement for
Contingent-Owned Equipment.
Peacekeeping Operations: An
Introduction
[In English, French, and Spanish]
This course introduces students to logistics operations in UN
peace operations. This basic course gives the background
and rationale behind UN peacekeeping logistics, the strategy
employed in the field and at Headquarters, introduces the
mission life cycle, explains how financial support is gained,
and introduces the different components that make up
integrated logistics support in a field mission. Eight lessons,
181 pages.

COURSE AUTHOR: Major (retired) Rod Little, Canadian

Armed Forces, served as a logistics officer. Major Little
spent more than 20 years working in human resources
and training, including work on UN peace operations. He
completed the Advanced Logistics Officers Course and
the Army Operations Course and finished all six Officer
Professional Military Education courses — four with honours.
He earned the Canadian Forces Decoration 1, Special
Service Medal, UN, and Canadian Peacekeeping Service UN Photo by Isaac Billy
Medals.

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 New and Upcoming Courses
New Releases and Updates

The Peace Operations Training Institute is pleased to announce the release of International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed
Conflict by Mr. Antoine Bouvier as an e-publication (EPUB). Reflowable EPUBs adjust to the orientation and size of a screen, making
the course adaptable and easy to read on most Android and iOS devices. To learn more and download, please visit: <https://www.
peaceopstraining.org/courses/ihl-en-2020/>.

POTI also released an update of Humanitarian Relief Operations by Lieutenant Colonel (retired) René Wagemans in late March. Building
upon its 2017 predecessor, the updated course provides current information on the different types of disasters and how to interact with
some of the entities and structures often deployed in the field. Like the earlier editions, the updated course includes definitions and
principles, recent doctrine on humanitarian relief activities, and examples of humanitarian relief operations. To enrol, please go to:
<https://www.peaceopstraining.org/courses/humanitarian-relief-ops-v2-english/>.

Upcoming Courses and Updates

POTI is honoured to work with UN Women to update its three-course suite on the Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions
on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. These courses are specially designed for people who work in the area of peace and security
at the national or regional levels in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific, each of which has its own regionally-
focused course. The updates will include advancements made in promoting the Security Council resolutions on women, peace, and security
and the priorities for each region. For the latest updates on all POTI courses, please visit: <https://www.peaceopstraining.org/courses/>.

New Translations

The Institute had the great pleasure of working with Brazil’s Naval Peace Operations Training Center (NPOTC) to produce International
Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed Conflict by Mr. Antoine Bouvier in Portuguese. Released in March 2021, Direito Internacional
Humanitário e Direito Internacional dos Conflitos Armados covers international humanitarian law (IHL) as applied to soldiers, humanitarian
workers, refugees, displaced persons, and others involved with armed conflict. Topics include background and definitions, protection
of victims, rights of prisoners of war, rules of conduct in hostilities, means of implementation, human rights and IHL, the applicability
of IHL to peacekeeping and peace enforcement, different applications to international and non-international conflicts, and the role of
the International Red Cross in international humanitarian law. You can enrol in the course here: <https://www.peaceopstraining.org/
courses/ihl-en-2020/>.

Upcoming Translations

The Institute is excited about its line-up of upcoming French and Spanish translations. The History of United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations from 2000–2020 by Professor Paul D. Williams and the latest edition of Logistical Support to United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations: An Introduction by Major (retired) Rod Little will soon be available in Spanish. Additionally, POTI plans to update the French
and Spanish translations of Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution by Professor Tom Woodhouse. POTI is proud to provide
its French-, Spanish-, and Portuguese-speaking students with quality courses on peace support, humanitarian relief, and security
operations. You can find updates to POTI courses here: <https://www.peaceopstraining.org/courses/>.

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Introduction to the UN System 75 Free** EN, FR, ES
Principles and Guidelines 75 Free EN, FR
Ethics in Peace Operations 75 60 EN, FR, ES
UN Military Specialised Training Materials on Child Protection N/A Free EN
Human Rights 75 60 EN, FR
Human Rights and Peacekeeping 75 60 EN
Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution 75 Free EN, FR, ES
International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed Conflict 75 60 EN, FR, ES, PT
Protection of Civilians 75 60 EN, FR
Protection of Cultural Property N/A Free EN
Civil-Military Coordination in Peace Operations 75 Free** EN, FR
Leading Within United Nations Peace Operations 75 Free** EN, FR, ES
Humanitarian Relief Operations 75 Free** EN, FR, ES
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) 75 60 EN, FR, ES
Ebola Virus Disease: Awareness and Precautions for
Peacekeeping Personnel N/A Free EN, FR
Mine Action and Explosive Hazard Management 75 Free EN, FR
Methods and Techniques for Serving as a UN Military Observer 75 60 EN, FR, ES

The Role of United Nations Police in Peace Operations 75 Free EN, FR, ES
Peacebuilding 75 60 EN, FR
Gender Perspectives in UN Peacekeeping Operations 75 60 EN, FR, ES
Preventing Violence Against Women 75 Free** EN, FR
Implementation of the UNSCRs on Women, Peace, and
Security in Africa 75 Free EN, FR
Implementation of the UNSCRs on Women, Peace, and
Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 75 Free EN, ES
Implementation of the UNSCRs on Women, Peace, and
Security in Asia and the Pacific 75 Free EN
The History of UN Peacekeeping: 1945 to 1987 75 60 EN, FR, ES
The History of UN Peacekeeping: 1988 to 1996 75 60 EN, FR, ES
The History of UN Peacekeeping: 1997 to 2006 75 60 EN, FR, ES
The History of UN Peacekeeping Operations from 2000–2020 75 60 EN
Logistical Support to UN Peacekeeping Operations 75 60 EN, FR, ES
Operational Logistical Support 75 60 EN, FR, ES

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