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DESCRIPTION:Join leading researchers and practitioners as they discuss and 
 reflect on the United Nations' Protection of Civilians Agenda.\n\nAbout th
 is Event\n\nIn the autumn of 1999\, the United Nations Security Council au
 thorized its first UN peacekeeping mission (in Sierra Leone)\, with an exp
 licit mandate to protect civilians. This new focus on the protection of ci
 vilians\, which had been initiated earlier that year under Canada's Presid
 ency of the Council\, was accompanied by the call for the UN and other act
 ors to adopt a more 'comprehensive and coordinated approach' in addressing
  the perilous situation faced by civilian populations in contemporary situ
 ations of armed conflict. This public event reflects on two decades of att
 empts to realize the aims of the Protection of Civilians agenda\, by discu
 ssing both achievements and on-going challenges.\n\nInvited speakers inclu
 de:\n\n• Elissa Goldberg Assistant Deputy Minister\, Strategic Policy of G
 lobal Affairs of Canada\n\nElissa Golberg was appointed Assistant Deputy M
 inister – Strategic Policy at Global Affairs Canada in September 2017. She
  is also currently the Department’s champion for innovation. Ms. Golberg h
 as successfully pioneered complex policy and multi-million dollar program 
 initiatives\, and led multi-disciplinary teams working on significant inte
 rnational peace and security\, human rights\, emergency management\, and s
 ustainable development challenges.\n\n• Federico Borello Executive Directo
 r\, Center for Civilians in Conflict\n\nFederico Borello has served as the
  Executive Director at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) since July
  2014\, bringing more than fifteen years of experience working on human ri
 ghts and international justice issues to our mission. Federico previously 
 served as Director of Investments at Humanity United where he managed the 
 International Justice and the Democratic Republic of Congo portfolios. He 
 has also worked with the United Nations\, the Organization for Security an
 d Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)\, and the International Center for Transit
 ional Justice (ICTJ).\n\n• Tiffany Easthom Executive Director\, Nonviolent
  Peaceforce\n\nPrior to being the Executive Director\, Tiffany Easthom was
  Program Director for Nonviolent Peaceforce 's Middle East program\, Count
 ry Director in South Sudan and prior to that for Sri Lanka. Tiffany holds 
 a BA in Justice Studies and a MA Degree in Human Security and Peacebuildin
 g from Royal Roads University in Victoria\, British Columbia\, Canada. She
  also studied peacebuilding in the field in Uganda and served as Country D
 irector for Peace Brigades International in Indonesia. \n\n• Emily Paddon 
 Rhoads Swarthmore College\n\nEmily Paddon Rhoads is Assistant Professor of
  Political Science at Swarthmore College. Her research analyses the impact
  of the increased prominence of human rights in the theory and practice of
  armed conflict as well as civilian agency in contemporary conflict. She i
 s the author of “Taking Sides in Peacekeeping: Impartiality and the Future
  of the United Nations” (Oxford University Press\, 2016) and several artic
 les on civilian self-protection\, humanitarianism and peacekeeping.\n\n• J
 ennifer Welsh 150 Research Chair in Global Governance & Security\, ɬ�﷬ 
 University (Chair)\n\nJennifer M. Welsh is the incoming Canada 150 Researc
 h Chair in Global Governance and Security at ɬ�﷬ (Montreal\,
  Canada). She was previously Professor and Chair in International Relation
 s at the European University Institute (Florence\, Italy) and Professor in
  International Relations at the University of Oxford\, where she co-founde
 d the Oxford Institute for Ethics\, Law and Armed Conflict. From 2013-2016
 \, she served as the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General\, Ban Ki-
 moon\, on the Responsibility to Protect.\n\n \n\nRegister Here\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2M7\, 6th Floor\, 680 Sherbrooke Street W
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SUMMARY:Round Table on the 20 Years of the Protection of Civilians Agenda
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